Table 1.

Human FABP genes, as listed in the Human Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) and Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) databases

Gene	Common name	Aliases for proteins	Previous symbols	Localisation	Chromosomal location	OMIM ID/ HGNC ID	Number of amino acids
FABP1	Liver FABP	L-FABP, hepatic FABP, Z protein, heme-binding protein		Liver, intestine, pancreas, kidney, lung, stomach	2p11	134650/ 3555	127
FABP2	Intestinal FABP	I-FABP, gut FABP (gFABP)		Intestine, liver	4q28-q31	134640/ 3556	132
FABP3	Heart FABP	H-FABP, O-FABP, mammary-derived growth inhibitor (MDGI)	FABP11	Cardiac and skeletal muscle, brain, kidney, lung, stomach, testis, adrenal gland, mammary gland, placenta, ovary, brown adipose tissue	1p33-p31	134650/ 3557	133
FABP4	Adipocyte FABP	A-FABP, aP2		Adipocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, skeletal muscle fibres	8q21	600434/ 3559	132
FABP5	Epidermal FABP	E-FABP, keratinocyte-type FABP (KFABP), psoriasis-associated-FABP (PA-FABP)		Skin, tongue, adipocyte, macrophage, dendritic cells, mammary gland, brain, stomach, intestine, kidney, liver, lung, heart, skeletal muscle, testis, retina, lens, spleen, placenta	8q21.13	605168/ 3560	135
FABP6	Ileal FABP	Il-FABP, Ileal lipid-binding protein (ILLBP), intestinal bile acid-binding protein (I-BABP), gastrophin		Ileum, ovary, adrenal gland, stomach	5q23-q35	600422/ 3561	128
FABP7	Brain FABP	B-FABP, brain lipid-binding protein (BLBP), MRG		Brain, central nervous system (CNS), glial cell, retina, mammary gland	6q22-q23	602965/ 3562	132
FABP8	Myelin FABP	M-FABP, peripheral myelin protein 2 (PMP2)		Peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells	8q21.3-q22.1	170715/ 9117	132
FABP9	Testis FABP	T-FABP, testis lipid-binding protein (TLBP), PERF, PERF 15		Testis, salivary gland, mammary gland	8q21.13	--/3563	132
FABP12	---	---		Retinoblastoma cell,a retina (ganglion and inner nuclear layer cells),b testicular germ cells,b cerebral cortex,b kidney,b epididymisb	8q21.13	--/34524	140

^aExpression found in humans, versus ^brodents