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Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AZGP1 gene.This gene expresses a soluble protein that stimulates lipolysis induces a reduction in body fat in mice is associated with the cachexia related to cancer and is known to be expressed in secretory cells of lung epithelium. In 2009 it was found that smoking increases expression of this gene which is why smoking cessation leads to weight gain.