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bpi

This is the community wiki page for the gene bpi please feel free to add any information that is relevant to this gene that is not already captured elsewhere in Xenbase.

nomenclature changes

02/12/2018 Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 671. From bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein to bactericidal permeability increasing protein

22SEPT2022

gene symbol corrected, changing from bpi4 to bpi.4

summary from NCBI

This gene encodes a lipopolysaccharide binding protein. It is associated with human neutrophil granules and has antimicrobial activity against gram-negative organisms. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014]