{"symbol":"CD14","synonyms":[],"name":"CD14 molecule","description":"The protein encoded by this gene is a surface antigen that is preferentially expressed on monocytes/macrophages. It cooperates with other proteins to mediate the innate immune response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide, and to viruses. This gene has been identified as a target candidate in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients to potentially lessen or inhibit a severe inflammatory response. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":929,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/929","proteins":[{"symbol":"CD14_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/CD14_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"CD molecules (CD)","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/CD+molecules+%28CD%29"}]}