Gene description for PLEC
Gene name	plectin
Gene symbol	PLEC
Other names/aliases	EBS1 EBS5A EBS5B EBS5C EBS5D EBSMD EBSND EBSO EBSOG EBSPA HD1 LGMD2Q LGMDR17 PCN PLEC1 PLEC1b PLTN
Species	Homo sapiens
Experiment description of studies that identified PLEC in Epithelial cells
1 Experiment ID 862 Identified molecule protein Extracellular vesicle type Exosomes MISEV EVs Identification method Mass spectrometry PubMed ID 25776846    Organism Homo sapiens Experiment description Human thymic epithelial primary cells produce exosomes carrying tissue-restricted antigens Authors Skogberg G, Lundberg V, Berglund M, Gudmundsdottir J, Telemo E, Lindgren S, Ekwall O. Journal name Immunol Cell Biol Publication year 2015 Sample Epithelial cells Sample name Thymic tissue - culture 2 Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation Filtration Ultracentrifugation Flotation density - Molecules identified in the study Protein Methods used in the study Mass spectrometry EV-TRACK EV150045: EV-METRIC:25%