Pathway candidateNCBI-verifiedprotein-coding

FABP7

fatty acid binding protein 7

NCBI Gene: 2173 Ensembl GeneCards UniProt: O15540

Pathway candidate — not linked to PFS or PSSD by any record here

FABP7 is in the library because it belongs to the lipid homeostasis family. No study, report or commentary in the corpus names it, so a variant in FABP7 is not, by itself, evidence of anything related to post-drug syndromes.

Gene summary

A protein-coding gene on chromosome 6 (lipid and cholesterol homeostasis). The gene encodes a small, highly conserved cytoplasmic protein that bind long-chain fatty acids and other hydrophobic ligands. The protein is important in the establishment of the radial glial fiber in the developing brain.

Source: NCBI Gene, accessed 2026-10-07.

Protein reference (UniProt)

Protein: Fatty acid-binding protein, brain
Function: B-FABP could be involved in the transport of a so far unknown hydrophobic ligand with potential morphogenic activity during CNS development. It is required for the establishment of the radial glial fiber system in developing brain, a system that is necessary for the migration of immature neurons to establish cortical layers (By similarity).
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Tissue specificity: Expressed in brain and other neural tissues.

Source: UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot O15540, release 2026_03, licensed CC BY 4.0. This is the protein’s normal biology, not evidence about post-drug syndromes; associated conditions are inherited disorders of the gene, not PFS, PSSD or PRSD.

Why its pathway is in the library

Cholesterol is the obligate precursor of all steroid hormones; lipid handling sets substrate supply for steroidogenesis and neurosteroid synthesis.

Written for the whole lipid homeostasis family, not for FABP7 specifically.

Mentioned in 0 corpus records

No corpus record names FABP7 directly yet. It is in the library because it sits in a pathway the corpus tracks (Lipid homeostasis).

Also in lipid and cholesterol homeostasis

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Gene summary

Source: NCBI Gene, accessed 2026-10-07.

Protein reference (UniProt)

Protein: Fatty acid-binding protein, brain
Function: B-FABP could be involved in the transport of a so far unknown hydrophobic ligand with potential morphogenic activity during CNS development. It is required for the establishment of the radial glial fiber system in developing brain, a system that is necessary for the migration of immature neurons to establish cortical layers (By similarity).
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Tissue specificity: Expressed in brain and other neural tissues.