| DPP8 | 
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| Identifiers | 
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| Aliases | DPP8, DP8, DPRP1, MSTP141, MST097, MSTP097, MSTP135, DPRP-1, dipeptidyl peptidase 8 | 
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| External IDs | OMIM: 606819; MGI: 1921638; HomoloGene: 57098; GeneCards: DPP8; OMA:DPP8 - orthologs | 
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| | Gene location (Mouse) | 
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 |  |  | Chr. | Chromosome 9 (mouse) | 
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 |  |  | Band | 9|9 C | Start | 64,939,696 bp | 
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 | End | 64,989,933 bp | 
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| | RNA expression pattern | 
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 | Bgee | | Human | Mouse (ortholog) | 
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 | | Top expressed in |  | buccal mucosa cell
 secondary oocyte
 nipple
 middle temporal gyrus
 Pons
 postcentral gyrus
 Skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominis
 lateral nuclear group of thalamus
 Brodmann area 23
 biceps brachii
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 | | Top expressed in |  | spermatocyte
 muscle of thigh
 superior frontal gyrus
 aortic valve
 cerebellar cortex
 dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell
 ascending aorta
 temporal muscle
 inferior colliculi
 perirhinal cortex
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| Wikidata | 
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Dipeptidyl peptidase 8 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DPP8 gene.
This gene encodes a member of the peptidase S9B family, a small family of dipeptidyl peptidases that are able to cleave peptide substrates at a prolyl bond. The encoded protein shares similarity with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 in that it is ubiquitously expressed, and hydrolyzes the same substrates. These similarities suggest that, like dipeptidyl peptidase IV, this protein may play a role in T-cell activation and immune function. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. A relatively specific inhibitor of DPP8 and DPP9, Val-boroPro -, leads to increased activation of the inflammasome though both NLRBP1 and CARD8 and can trigger pyroptosis.