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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Cell Biol. 2010 Oct 18;21(2):67–73. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.09.009

Table 1.

Some unconventionally secreted proteins that have important implications in health and disease

Protein Proposed secretion mechanism References
FGF1 Non-vesicular [57]
FGF2 Non-vesicular [58]
Interleukin 1β Vesicular [59]
Galectins 1 and 3 Vesicular / Non-vesicular [58,60]
HMGB1 Vesicular [61]
AcbA Vesicular [25]
Thioredoxin Non-vesicular [62]
Engrailed Homeoproteins Vesicular [63]
HIV Tat Non-vesicular [64]
Tubby Unclear [65]
Yeast MATa Non-vesicular [4]