# NF2

Source: https://onco.cc/targets/nf2/  
OnCo record `nf2` (Target). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

NF2 (Merlin) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a drug target, an oncogene driver, a tumour suppressor and a biomarker, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Mesothelioma, Renal cell carcinoma, Breast cancer and 5 more.

## Summary

Probable regulator of the Hippo/SWH (Sav/Wts/Hpo) signalling pathway, a signalling pathway that plays a pivotal role in tumour suppression by restricting proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Along with WWC1 can synergistically induce the phosphorylation of LATS1 and LATS2 and can probably function in the regulation of the Hippo/SWH (Sav/Wts/Hpo) signalling pathway. May act as a membrane stabilising protein.

CIViC holds 6 clinical evidence items and 0 assertions across 5 variants, naming Selumetinib, Temsirolimus, Carboplatin and Cisplatin and others. Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.77 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes genetic literature 0.30, affected pathway 0.81, literature 0.98, genetic association 0.24, somatic mutation 0.88). IntOGen calls it a driver in 13 cohorts (1 activating, 12 loss-of-function), covering Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma, Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, Ovarian Epithelial Tumour and others. In OnCo, 1 product record names it (GSK2256098).

## Fields

- Kind: Target
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Also known as: NF2, moesin-ezrin-radixin like (MERLIN) tumor suppressor; Merlin; merlin; merlin-1
- Tags: cancer-genes-wave
- Symbol: NF2
- Class: tumor-suppressor
- Biology: Probable regulator of the Hippo/SWH (Sav/Wts/Hpo) signalling pathway, a signalling pathway that plays a pivotal role in tumour suppression by restricting proliferation and promoting apoptosis. Along with WWC1 can synergistically induce the phosphorylation of LATS1 and LATS2 and can probably function in the regulation of the Hippo/SWH (Sav/Wts/Hpo) signalling pathway. May act as a membrane stabilising protein. May inhibit PI3 kinase by binding to AGAP2 and impairing its stimulating activity. Suppresses cell proliferation and tumorigenesis by inhibiting the CUL4A-RBX1-DDB1-VprBP/DCAF1 E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex. Location: Cell projection, filopodium membrane; Cell projection, ruffle membrane; Nucleus; Cytoplasm, perinuclear region (UniProt). Locus 22q12.2 (HGNC).
- Where found: Mesothelioma: Open Targets association 0.59 with malignant mesothelioma (MONDO_0006292); IntOGen driver in 4 cohorts (PLMESO); Renal cell carcinoma: Open Targets association 0.59 with renal cell carcinoma (MONDO_0005086); IntOGen driver in 3 cohorts (CCRCC, PRCC, RCC); Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.50 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254); CIViC evidence names this disease; Thyroid cancer: CIViC evidence names this disease; Ovarian cancer: Open Targets association 0.55 with ovarian cancer (MONDO_0008170); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (OVT); Cervical cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (CESC)

## 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: CIViC lists 5 therapies; IntOGen calls it an activating (Act) driver in 1 cohort; IntOGen calls it a loss-of-function (LoF) driver in 12 cohorts; CIViC holds 6 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.
- Diseases the sources name that have no OnCo cancer page yet, so they are not linked: Adult Spinal Cord Ependymoma; Malignant Mesothelioma.

## Sources

- HGNC HGNC:7773: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:7773
- UniProt P35240: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P35240/entry
- NCBI Gene 4771: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/4771
- Ensembl ENSG00000186575: https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000186575

## 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: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/), [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/), [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/), [Hepatocellular carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/), [Mesothelioma](https://onco.cc/cancers/mesothelioma/), [Ovarian cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/ovarian/), [Renal cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/rcc/), [Thyroid cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/thyroid/)
- drugs: [GSK2256098](https://onco.cc/drugs/gsk2256098/)
- pathways: [Hippo-YAP/TAZ](https://onco.cc/pathways/hippo-yap/)
- trials: [INTUITT-NF2](https://onco.cc/trials/intuitt-nf2/)

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