Gene description for A2M
Gene name	alpha-2-macroglobulin
Gene symbol	A2M
Other names/aliases	A2MD CPAMD5 FWP007 S863-7
Species	Homo sapiens
Experiment description of studies that identified A2M in Duodenal cancer cells
1 Experiment ID 1086 Identified molecule protein Extracellular vesicle type Exosomes MISEV EVs Identification method Mass spectrometry PubMed ID 25065644    Organism Homo sapiens Experiment description Exosome-mediated extracellular release of polyadenylate-binding protein 1 in human metastatic duodenal cancer cells. Authors Ohshima K, Kanto K, Hatakeyama K, Ide T, Wakabayashi-Nakao K, Watanabe Y, Sakura N, Terashima M, Yamaguchi K, Mochizuki T. Journal name Proteomics Publication year 2014 Sample Duodenal cancer cells Sample name AZ-P7a (metastatic) Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation Filtration Ultrafiltration Flotation density - Molecules identified in the study Protein Methods used in the study Mass spectrometry EV-TRACK EV140088: EV-METRIC:44%