Gene description for NPC2
Gene name	NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 2
Gene symbol	NPC2
Other names/aliases	EDDM1 HE1
Species	Homo sapiens
Database cross references - NPC2
Vesiclepedia	VP_10577
EV Quant	EVQuant_10577
ExoCarta	ExoCarta_10577
Entrez Gene	10577
HGNC	14537
MIM	601015
NPC2 identified in extracellular vesicles derived from the following tissue/cell type

	Sample	Vesicle type
1	Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells	Exosomes	Show Studies
2	Brain cancer cells	Extracellular vesicles	Show Studies
3	Breast cancer cells	Extracellular vesicles Exosomes Supermeres	Show Studies
4	Chondrocytes	Small extracellular vesicles	Show Studies
5	Colorectal cancer cells	Microvesicles Extracellular vesicles Supermeres Non-vesicular nanoparticles	Show Studies
6	Embryonic kidney cells	Exosomes	Show Studies
7	Foreskin fibroblasts	Exosomes	Show Studies
8	Glioblastoma cells	Microvesicles	Show Studies
9	Hepatocytes	Microvesicles	Show Studies
10	Kidney cancer cells	Extracellular vesicles	Show Studies
11	Leukemia cells	Extracellular vesicles	Show Studies
12	Lung cancer cells	Extracellular vesicles	Show Studies
13	Lymphoma cells	Exosomes	Show Studies
14	Mammary cancer-associated fibroblasts	Exosomes	Show Studies
15	Melanoma cells	Extracellular vesicles Exosomes/Microvesicles	Show Studies
16	Monocytic leukemia cells	Exosomes	Show Studies
17	Normal mammary epithelial cells	Exosomes	Show Studies
18	Ovarian cancer cells	Exosomes	Show Studies
19	Pancreatic cancer cells	Exosomes Extracellular vesicles Supermeres	Show Studies
20	Pancreatic duct epithelial cells	Exosomes Extracellular vesicles	Show Studies
21	Pluripotent stem cells	Exosomes	Show Studies
22	Prostate cancer cells	Exosomes	Show Studies
23	Seminal fluid	Exosomes/Prostasomes	Show Studies
24	Seminal plasma	Prostasomes	Show Studies
25	T lymphoblast	Apoptotic bodies	Show Studies
26	T lymphocytes	Exosomes	Show Studies
27	Urine	Exosomes/Membrane vesicles Exosomes/Microvesicles	Show Studies