This entry represents long palate, lung and nasal epithelium carcinoma-associated protein 1 (Lplunc1), also known as BPI fold-containing family B member 1, which belongs to the palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone (PLUNC) family. It is a small secreted protein expressed in the oropharynx and upper airways of humans, mice, rats, and cows []. It may play a role in innate immunity in the mouth, nose and lungs and in the formation of the left-right axis in the node of the developing embryo [, ].
