POD1, bHLHa23, Transcription factor 21, TCF-21, Capsulin, Class A basic helix-loop-helix protein 23, Epicardin, Podocyte-expressed 1, Pod-1, TCF21
Involved in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in kidney and lung morphogenesis that include epithelial differentiation and branching morphogenesis. May play a role in the specification or differentiation of one or more subsets of epicardial cell types.