“…The BPOZ‐2 transcript is ubiquitously expressed in all fetal tissues examined (heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney, pancreas, spleen, thymus, prostate, testis, ovary, small intestine, colon and blood leukocyte), suggesting that BPOZ‐2 is involved in basic cellular function. From the low expression of BPOZ‐2 in adult tissues (normal and hypertrophic heart), BPOZ‐2 gene expression is considered to be under developmental regulation (Dai et al. 2000; Unoki & Nakamura 2001).…”