NFE2L2

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005807",
  "term": "NFE2L2",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A protein that controls how certain genes are expressed. These genes help protect the cell from damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules made during normal cell metabolism). Free radicals may play a part in cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other diseases of aging. Also called Nrf2 and nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2.",
  "expansions": [
    "Nrf2",
    "nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/nfe2l2/"
}