Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to forskolin; cellular response to tumor necrosis factor; and long-term synaptic potentiation. Located in synapse. Part of RISC complex. Is expressed in bronchiole; bronchiole epithelium; lung; lung mesenchyme; and vitreous chamber. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in gastrointestinal stromal tumor; hepatocellular carcinoma; and oral squamous cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human MIR221 (microRNA 221).