olfm4

Background: Ménière disease (MD) is a chronic inner ear disorder characterized by recurrent vertigo, fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, and aural fullness. Diagnosis is clinical, and no validated peripheral biomarkers are available. Although endolymphatic hydrops is a hallmark...

Abstract Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by chronic mucosal inflammation, recurrent epithelial injury, and impaired colonic mucosal wound healing. While WNT/β-catenin dysregulation has been reported in UC, the mechanisms of such abnormalities remain unclear. To investigate epithelial...

DecodeMe Candidate Gene CHROMOSOME 13 Chr13 contained no Tier 1 genes and one Tier 2 gene. ******************** OLFM4 (Tier 2) • Protein: Olfactomedin-4. UniProt. GeneCards. • Molecular function: OLFM4 facilitates cell adhesion, most probably through interaction with cell surface lectins...