Fgf9 - fibroblast growth factor 9

Enables fibroblast growth factor receptor binding activity and growth factor activity. Involved in several processes, including negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation involved in phenotypic switching; positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell migration; and positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of MAPK cascade. Located in basement membrane and cytoplasm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in multiple synostoses syndrome. Orthologous to human FGF9 (fibroblast growth factor 9). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]