# WNT6

Source: https://onco.cc/targets/wnt6/  
OnCo record `wnt6` (Target). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

WNT6 (Wnt family member 6) is a gene. The public catalogues list it as a drug target and a biomarker, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Colorectal cancer.

## Summary

Ligand for members of the frizzled family of seven transmembrane receptors. Probable developmental protein. May be a signalling molecule which affects the development of discrete regions of tissues.

CIViC holds 1 clinical evidence item and 0 assertions across 2 variants, naming Aspirin.

## Fields

- Kind: Target
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Also known as: Wnt family member 6
- Tags: cancer-genes-wave
- Symbol: WNT6
- Class: other
- Biology: Ligand for members of the frizzled family of seven transmembrane receptors. Probable developmental protein. May be a signalling molecule which affects the development of discrete regions of tissues. Is likely to signal over only few cell diameters. Together with CAV1 may promote chemoresistance of gastric cancer cells to DNA-damaging anthracycline drugs through the activation of the canonical Wnt receptor signalling pathway. Location: Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix (UniProt). Locus 2q35 (HGNC).
- Where found: Colorectal cancer: CIViC evidence names this disease

## 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 1 therapies; CIViC holds 1 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:12785: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:12785
- UniProt Q9Y6F9: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q9Y6F9/entry
- NCBI Gene 7475: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/7475
- Ensembl ENSG00000115596: https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000115596

## Connected records

- collections: [CIViC](https://onco.cc/collections/civic/)
- cancers: [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/)

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