Gene description for UTS2
Gene name	urotensin 2
Gene symbol	UTS2
Other names/aliases	PRO1068 U-II UCN2 UII
Species	Homo sapiens
Database cross references - UTS2
ExoCarta	ExoCarta_10911
Entrez Gene	10911
HGNC	12636
MIM	604097
UniProt	O95399
UTS2 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Thymus	23844026

Gene ontology annotations for UTS2

Molecular Function     hormone activity GO:0005179 IEA     receptor binding GO:0005102 TAS Biological Process     negative regulation of urine volume GO:0035811 IEA     negative regulation of renal sodium excretion GO:0035814 IEA     regulation of blood pressure GO:0008217 TAS     positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration GO:0007204 IEA     positive regulation of collagen biosynthetic process GO:0032967 IEA     positive regulation of angiogenesis GO:0045766 IEA     positive regulation of vasodilation GO:0045909 IEA     positive regulation of blood pressure GO:0045777 IEA     response to testosterone GO:0033574 IEA     positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation GO:0048146 IEA     negative regulation of blood pressure GO:0045776 IEA     synaptic transmission GO:0007268 TAS     negative regulation of heart rate GO:0010459 IEA     response to hypoxia GO:0001666 IEA     positive regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, REM sleep GO:0046005 IEA     negative regulation of insulin secretion GO:0046676 IEA     positive regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, wakefulness GO:0010841 IEA     muscle contraction GO:0006936 TAS     positive regulation of synaptic transmission, cholinergic GO:0032224 IEA     positive regulation of cell differentiation GO:0045597 IEA     response to drug GO:0042493 IEA     negative regulation of glomerular filtration GO:0003105 IEA     positive regulation of fibroblast migration GO:0010763 IEA     positive regulation of heart rate GO:0010460 IEA Subcellular Localization     extracellular region GO:0005576 TAS     extracellular space GO:0005615 IEA     cytosol GO:0005829 IEA