Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cartilage homeostasis; chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan biosynthetic process; and regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Is expressed in several structures, including forelimb; forelimb bud; respiratory system; sensory organ; and skeleton. Orthologous to human CYTL1 (cytokine like 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]