Gene description for NPC2
Gene name	NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 2
Gene symbol	NPC2
Other names/aliases	EDDM1 HE1
Species	Homo sapiens
Experiment description of studies that identified NPC2 in Glioblastoma cells
1 Experiment ID 203 Identified molecule mrna Extracellular vesicle type Microvesicles MISEV EVs Identification method Microarray PubMed ID 19011622    Organism Homo sapiens Experiment description Glioblastoma microvesicles transport RNA and proteins that promote tumour growth and provide diagnostic biomarkers Authors Skog J, Wüer T, van Rijn S, Meijer DH, Gainche L, Sena-Esteves M, Curry WT Jr, Carter BS, Krichevsky AM, Breakefield XO Journal name Nat Cell Biol Publication year 2008 Sample Glioblastoma cells Sample name Glioblastoma cells Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation Ultracentrifugation Filtration Flotation density - Molecules identified in the study Protein miRNA mRNA Methods used in the study RT-PCR Antibody array Microarray EV-TRACK -