Has mitogenic activity and may be involved in maintaining the integrity of the gastric mucosal epithelium.
Subcellular locations: Secreted, Cytoplasmic granule, Golgi apparatus
Shows abundant granular cytoplasmic staining, with perinuclear accentuation suggestive of the Golgi apparatus.
Expressed in stomach (at protein level). No expression is detected in cancer tissue or gastric cancer cell lines.