# CARD11

Source: https://onco.cc/targets/card11/  
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## TL;DR

CARD11 (Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 11) is a gene that drives cell growth when it is altered. The public catalogues list it as an oncogene driver, a tumour suppressor and a biomarker, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Skin cancer and 5 more.

## Summary

Adapter protein that plays a key role in adaptive immune response by transducing the activation of NF-kappa-B downstream of T-cell receptor (TCR) and B-cell receptor (BCR) engagement. Transduces signals downstream TCR or BCR activation via the formation of a multiprotein complex together with BCL10 and MALT1 that induces NF-kappa-B and MAP kinase p38 (MAPK11, MAPK12, MAPK13 and/or MAPK14) pathways. Upon activation in response to TCR or BCR triggering, CARD11 homooligomerises to form a nucleating helical template that recruits BCL10 via CARD-CARD interaction, thereby promoting polymerisation of BCL10 and subsequent recruitment of MALT1: this leads to I-kappa-B kinase (IKK) phosphorylation and degradation, and release of NF-kappa-B proteins for nuclear translocation.

CIViC holds 2 clinical evidence items and 0 assertions across 1 variant. Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.68 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.84, animal model 0.54, genetic association 0.00, somatic mutation 0.87). IntOGen calls it a driver in 11 cohorts (9 activating, 2 loss-of-function), covering Burkitt Lymphoma, Colorectal Adenocarcinoma, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, NOS, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Malignant Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and others.

## Fields

- Kind: Target
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Also known as: caspase recruitment domain family member 11; Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 11; CARMA1; BIMP3
- Tags: cancer-genes-wave
- Symbol: CARD11
- Class: oncogene
- Biology: Adapter protein that plays a key role in adaptive immune response by transducing the activation of NF-kappa-B downstream of T-cell receptor (TCR) and B-cell receptor (BCR) engagement. Transduces signals downstream TCR or BCR activation via the formation of a multiprotein complex together with BCL10 and MALT1 that induces NF-kappa-B and MAP kinase p38 (MAPK11, MAPK12, MAPK13 and/or MAPK14) pathways. Upon activation in response to TCR or BCR triggering, CARD11 homooligomerises to form a nucleating helical template that recruits BCL10 via CARD-CARD interaction, thereby promoting polymerisation of BCL10 and subsequent recruitment of MALT1: this leads to I-kappa-B kinase (IKK) phosphorylation and degradation, and release of NF-kappa-B proteins for nuclear translocation. Its binding to DPP4 induces T-cell proliferation and NF-kappa-B activation in a T-cell receptor/CD3-dependent manner. Promotes linear ubiquitination of BCL10 by promoting the targeting of BCL10 to RNF31/HOIP. Stimulates the phosphorylation of BCL10. Location: Cytoplasm; Membrane raft (UniProt). Locus 7p22.2 (HGNC).
- Where found: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Open Targets association 0.70 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (MONDO_0018908); IntOGen driver in 2 cohorts (MLYM, NHL); Hepatocellular carcinoma: IntOGen driver in 2 cohorts (HCC); Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.58 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898); Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.55 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (COADREAD); Ovarian cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (OVT); Leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.53 with leukaemia (MONDO_0005059)

## Notes

- Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: IntOGen calls it an activating (Act) driver in 9 cohorts; IntOGen calls it a loss-of-function (LoF) driver in 2 cohorts; CIViC holds 2 clinical evidence items on its variants. Evidence tier "clinical-evidence" is the strongest of those signals.
- Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate.

## Sources

- HGNC HGNC:16393: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:16393
- UniProt Q9BXL7: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q9BXL7/entry
- NCBI Gene 84433: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/84433
- Ensembl ENSG00000198286: https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000198286

## Connected records

- collections: [CIViC](https://onco.cc/collections/civic/), [IntOGen](https://onco.cc/collections/intogen/), [Open Targets Platform](https://onco.cc/collections/open-targets/)
- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/gastric/), [Hepatocellular carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/), [Leukaemia (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/leukaemia/), [Lung cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/lung-cancer/), [Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/), [Ovarian cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/ovarian/), [Skin cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/skin-cancer/)
- pathways: [B-cell receptor / BTK signalling (to NF-κB)](https://onco.cc/pathways/bcr-signalling/)

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