Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity. Involved in MAPK cascade; positive regulation of cellular extravasation; and tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway. Located in caveola and cell surface. Implicated in congenital diarrhea. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Forensic Context
A study in mice and humans demonstrated that the PLVAP is an endothelial-specific protein upregulated in ischemic hearts, which regulated human endothelial proliferation in vitro and promoted endogenous neovascularization [Li et al. DOI:10.3389/fcvm.2022.768834].