This gene encodes a member of the protease-activated receptor subfamily, part of the G-protein coupled receptor 1 family of proteins. The encoded receptor is proteolytically processed to reveal an extracellular N-terminal tethered ligand that binds to and activates the receptor. This receptor plays a role in blood coagulation, inflammation and response to pain. Hypomethylation at this gene may be associated with lung cancer in human patients. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2016]
Forensic Context
A study in rhesus macaques identified the F2RL3 as a shared upregulated differentially expressed gene between rhesus and pediatric human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [Rivas et al. DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-82770-4]. In human sepsis patients, post-mortem transcriptome analysis found the F2RL3 was downregulated in the kidneys as part of the haemostasis pathway [Pinheiro da Silva et al. DOI:10.1111/jcmm.17938].