CSPG4, Official Symbol CSPG4provided by HGNC Official Full Name chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:2466 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000173546 MIM:601172; AllianceGenome:HGNC:2466 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as NG2; MCSP; MCSPG; MSK16; CSPG4A; HMW-MAA; MEL-CSPG Summary A human melanoma-associated chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan plays a role in stabilizing cell-substratum interactions during early events of melanoma cell spreading on endothelial basement membranes. CSPG4 represents an integral membrane chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan expressed by human malignant melanoma cells. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Broad expression in fat (RPKM 18.8), placenta (RPKM 10.9) and 19 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all