Predicted to enable chitin binding activity. Involved in cellular response to interleukin-1; cellular response to tumor necrosis factor; and inflammatory response. Located in extracellular space. Biomarker of hypertension. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in asthma and schizophrenia. Orthologous to human CHI3L1 (chitinase 3 like 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]