Table 1 Human FABP genes, as listed in the Human Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) and Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) databases

FABP1

Liver FABP

L-FABP, hepatic FABP, Z

protein, heme-binding

protein

Liver, intestine, pancreas,

kidney, lung, stomach

2p11

134650/

3555

127

FABP2

Intestinal

FABP

I-FABP, gut FABP (gFABP)

Intestine, liver

4q28-q31

134640/

3556

132

FABP3

Heart

FABP

H-FABP, O-FABP,

mammary-derived growth

inhibitor (MDGI)

FABP11

Cardiac and skeletal muscle,

brain, kidney, lung, stomach,

testis, adrenal gland,

mammary gland, placenta,

ovary, brown adipose tissue

1p33-p31

134650/

3557

133

FABP4

Adipocyte

FABP

A-FABP, aP2

Adipocytes, macrophages,

dendritic cells, skeletal

muscle fibres

8q21

600434/

3559

132

FABP5

Epidermal

FABP

E-FABP, keratinocyte-type

FABP (KFABP),

psoriasis-associated-FABP

(PA-FABP)

Skin, tongue, adipocyte,

macrophage, dendritic cells,

mammary gland, brain,

stomach, intestine, kidney,

liver, lung, heart, skeletal

muscle, testis, retina, lens,

spleen, placenta

8q21.13

605168/

3560

135

FABP6

Ileal FABP

Il-FABP, Ileal lipid-binding

protein (ILLBP), intestinal

bile acid-binding protein

(I-BABP), gastrophin

Ileum, ovary, adrenal gland,

stomach

5q23-q35

600422/

3561

128

FABP7

Brain FABP

B-FABP, brain lipid-binding

protein (BLBP), MRG

Brain, central nervous

system (CNS), glial cell,

retina, mammary gland

6q22-q23

602965/

3562

132

FABP8

Myelin

FABP

M-FABP, peripheral myelin

protein 2 (PMP2)

Peripheral nervous system,

Schwann cells

8q21.3-q22.1

170715/

9117

132

FABP9

Testis FABP

T-FABP, testis lipid-binding

protein (TLBP), PERF,

PERF 15

Testis, salivary gland,

mammary gland

8q21.13

--/3563

132

FABP12

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Retinoblastoma cell,^a retina

(ganglion and inner nuclear

layer cells),^b testicular germ

cells,^b cerebral cortex,^b

kidney,^b epididymis^b

8q21.13

--/34524

140