VANGL1, Official Symbol VANGL1provided by HGNC Official Full Name VANGL planar cell polarity protein 1provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:15512 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000173218 MIM:610132; AllianceGenome:HGNC:15512 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 LPP2; STB2; STBM2; KITENIN Summary This gene encodes a member of the tretraspanin family. The encoded protein may be involved in mediating intestinal trefoil factor induced wound healing in the intestinal mucosa. Mutations in this gene are associated with neural tube defects. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2010] Expression Ubiquitous expression in esophagus (RPKM 4.2), thyroid (RPKM 3.8) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all