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AFM: afamin

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ConductScience Library. AFM: afamin. Genes, record 173. Release gene-search-2026-11-11-0.2.0, 11 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/genes/173

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Gene

Symbol
AFM
HGNC
Name
afamin
HGNC
NCBI Gene ID
173
NCBI Gene
HGNC ID
HGNC:316
HGNC
Ensembl
ENSG00000079557
NCBI Gene
Aliases
ALB2, ALBA, ALF
NCBI Gene
Type
protein-coding
NCBI Gene

Proteins1

Reviewed human proteins whose Swiss-Prot entry states the gene.

UniProt entryProteinLengthStructuresGene stated in
P43652Afamin5993Ensembl, GeneID, HGNC

Source UniProt

Patents67

Patents whose sequence listing contains this protein's exact sequence. A patent can list a sequence without claiming it.

PublicationPublishedSEQ ID NOProteinSource
JP 2026004568 A2026-01-1436934P43652Espacenet
EP 4650780 A22025-11-19665P43652Espacenet
EP 4641201 A22025-10-29462P43652Espacenet
JP 2025147176 A2025-10-06584P43652Espacenet
JP 2025529142 A2025-09-045427P43652Espacenet
US 12371689 B22025-07-295427P43652Espacenet
EP 4587839 A22025-07-2350P43652Espacenet
JP 2025517969 A2025-06-12462P43652Espacenet
JP 2025517970 A2025-06-12665P43652Espacenet
US 12287342 B22025-04-295P43652Espacenet

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Drugs0

Drugs a ChEMBL mechanism record says act on the gene's protein, through Open Targets.

None in this release.

Trials0

Trials of those drugs. A trial joins the gene only through a drug that acts on it.

None in this release.

NIH grants710

NIH grants whose papers are about the gene, through NIH's grant-paper links.

GrantTitleAFM papersNewest fiscal year
P30CA045508CSHL Cancer Center Support Grant52025
P01CA013106Targeting Transcription and Splicing in Cancer32025
R01CA160254Serum Glyco-Markers of Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using a Mass Spec Approach32025
P20GM113226Hepatobiology and Toxicology COBRE22025
P30CA008748Cancer Center Support Grant22025
P30CA016672Cancer Center Support Grant22025
P30DK019525University of Pennsylvania Diabetes Research Center22025
P30DK040561Boston Area Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC)22025
P30ES017885Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD)22025
P30MH062512HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center22025

1 to 10 of 710Source NIH's project files

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Papers1,280

Newest first. Swiss-Prot's references are curated; PubTator's text mining finds papers that name the gene, not always ones about it.

TitleJournalYearPMIDFound bySource
Effects of Siliconization Techniques, Headspace, Mechanical and Thermal Stress on Particle Generation in an Antibody Formulation.Pharm Res202642754776PubTator, text miningPubMed
Cross-Compartment Proteomic Signatures in Human Diabetic Retinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Curr Eye Res202642530277PubTator, text miningPubMed
Glycoproteome Profiling of Human Serum for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Biomarker Discovery.J Proteome Res202642304605PubTator, text miningPubMed
Association Between Linea Alba Morphology and Abdominal Wall Distensibility During Pneumoperitoneum.Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech202642284464PubTator, text miningPubMed
Emergence time difference can create negative frequency dependence and maintain a colour polymorphism in Colias butterflies.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci202642272385PubTator, text miningPubMed
UK Biobank-Based Genetic and Proteomic Network Insights into Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Pathogenesis.Int J Mol Sci202642123504PubTator, text miningPubMed
Evaluation of serum Afamin and oxidative stress biomarkers in polycystic ovarian syndrome overweight women.Steroids202642119661PubTator, text miningPubMed
Efficiency of afamin and fibroblast growth factor 21 for early prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus.Sci Rep202642115718PubTator, text miningPubMed
Beyond resorption-driven coupling: a multi-layered framework for osteoclast-osteoblast communication and its therapeutic consequences.Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)202642087879PubTator, text miningPubMed
Integrated serum proteomic and liver genomic analyses identify molecular signatures associated with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a multi-cohort study.BMC Med202641998640PubTator, text miningPubMed

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Sources 12

  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
  • ChEMBL, through Open TargetsCC BY-SA 3.0
  • ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
  • EMBL-EBI's patent proteinsNo added restrictions. Attribution expected
  • GenBank's patent filesNo restrictions from NCBI. Submitters may hold rights
  • HGNCCC0
  • NCBI GenePublic domain (US government)
  • NIH's project files and grant-paper linksPublic domain
  • Open TargetsCC0 1.0
  • PubMedNLM's terms
  • PubTator 3Public domain
  • UniProtCC BY 4.0
Each source's terms
  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ChEMBL, through Open TargetsCC BY-SA 3.0, for the parts from ChEMBL. Read on 8 Nov 2026 at https://platform-docs.opentargets.org/licence
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated
  • EMBL-EBI's patent proteinsEMBL-EBI's patent protein files from the EPO, JPO, KIPO and USPTO. EMBL-EBI: "EMBL-EBI itself places no additional restrictions on the use or redistribution of the data available via its Data Resources and Tools other than those provided by the original data owners" and "EMBL-EBI expects attribution (e.g. in publications, services or products) for the use of any of its Data Resources and Tools." Read on 11 Nov 2026 at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/terms-of-use
  • GenBank's patent filesGenBank's patent files. NCBI: "NCBI places no restrictions on the use or distribution of the GenBank data. However, some submitters may claim patent, copyright, or other intellectual property rights in all or a portion of the data they have submitted." Read on 11 Nov 2026 at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/about/
  • HGNCCC0: https://www.genenames.org/about/license/
  • NCBI GeneNone named for the file. NCBI says information created by or for the US government on its site is in the public domain, and asks that NLM be acknowledged: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/home/about/policies/
  • NIH's project files and grant-paper linksPublic domain (NIH RePORTER)
  • Open TargetsCC0 1.0. Open Targets asks that users cite its latest paper: Buniello et al. 2025, Open Targets Platform: facilitating therapeutic hypotheses building in drug discovery, Nucleic Acids Research 53(D1):D1467, PMID 39657122. Read on 8 Nov 2026 at https://platform-docs.opentargets.org/licence
  • PubMedNLM's terms
  • PubTator 3Public domain
  • UniProtCC BY 4.0. UniProt's licence file: "All databases and documents in the UniProt FTP directory may be copied and redistributed freely, without advance permission, provided that this copyright statement is reproduced with each copy." UniProt asks that users cite its latest paper: The UniProt Consortium, UniProt: the Universal Protein Knowledgebase in 2025, Nucleic Acids Research 53:D609-D617, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1010. Read on 9 Nov 2026 at https://www.uniprot.org/help/license

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions.

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