HumanKine recombinant human R-Spondin-I protein

R-Spondin 1 is an approximately 40kDA, glycosylated protein that serves as a major agonist of the Wnt signaling pathway. It regulates the turnover of the LRP6 co-receptor by preventing its internalization by DKK-1. R-Spondin 1 plays several roles in embryonic development including sex phenotype reversal, female sex determination, and ovarian differentiation. It also promotes stem cell turnover in the mammary glands, intestine, colon, and kidneys. Increased R-Spondin 1 expression has been linked to growth and migration of ovarian cancer cells as well as decreased sensitivity of gliomas to radiation-based therapies (PMID: 17804805, 22439850, 32749219, 30572097).