{"entity":{"id":"hnrnpa2b1","kind":"target","name":"HNRNPA2B1","aka":["heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1","Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A2/B1","HNRNPA2","HNRNPB1","HNRPA2B1"],"tldr":"HNRNPA2B1 (Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A2/B1) is a gene that drives cell growth when it is altered. The public catalogues list it as an oncogene driver, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Hepatocellular carcinoma, Leukaemia and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.","summary":"Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) that associates with nascent pre-mRNAs, packaging them into hnRNP particles. The hnRNP particle arrangement on nascent hnRNA is non-random and sequence-dependent and serves to condense and stabilise the transcripts and minimise tangling and knotting. Packaging plays a role in various processes such as transcription, pre-mRNA processing, RNA nuclear export, subcellular location, mRNA translation and stability of mature mRNAs.\n\nOpen Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.64 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.99, affected pathway 0.25, genetic association 0.04, somatic mutation 0.81). IntOGen calls it a driver in 1 cohort (1 activating, 0 loss-of-function), covering Hepatocellular Carcinoma.","asOf":"2026-09-23","links":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:5033","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:5033"},{"label":"UniProt P22626","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P22626/entry"},{"label":"NCBI Gene 3181","url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/3181"},{"label":"Ensembl ENSG00000122566","url":"https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000122566"}],"tags":["cancer-genes-wave"],"related":["open-targets","intogen"],"cancers":["hcc","leukaemia","non-hodgkin-lymphoma"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"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 1 cohort. Evidence tier \"cohort-driver\" is the strongest of those signals.","Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate."],"provenance":{"editedBy":"scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts (CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC, UniProt)","editedOn":"2026-09-23"},"symbol":"HNRNPA2B1","role":["oncogene-driver"],"evidenceTier":"cohort-driver","sources":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:5033","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:5033","note":"approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)"},{"label":"UniProt P22626","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P22626/entry","note":"protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)"},{"label":"Open Targets ENSG00000122566","url":"https://platform.opentargets.org/target/ENSG00000122566/associations","note":"association with cancer (MONDO_0004992) 0.64; per-cancer scores at or above 0.5: non-Hodgkin lymphoma 0.51, leukaemia 0.54 (GraphQL API, CC0)"},{"label":"IntOGen HNRNPA2B1","url":"https://www.intogen.org/search?gene=HNRNPA2B1","note":"driver in 1 cohort (Act 1, LoF 0); Compendium_Cancer_Genes.tsv release 20240920, CC0 1.0"}],"hgnc":"HGNC:5033","ensembl":"ENSG00000122566","uniprot":"P22626","entrez":"3181","biology":"Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) that associates with nascent pre-mRNAs, packaging them into hnRNP particles. The hnRNP particle arrangement on nascent hnRNA is non-random and sequence-dependent and serves to condense and stabilise the transcripts and minimise tangling and knotting. Packaging plays a role in various processes such as transcription, pre-mRNA processing, RNA nuclear export, subcellular location, mRNA translation and stability of mature mRNAs. Forms hnRNP particles with at least 20 other different hnRNP and heterogeneous nuclear RNA in the nucleus. Involved in transport of specific mRNAs to the cytoplasm in oligodendrocytes and neurons: acts by specifically recognising and binding the A2RE (21 nucleotide hnRNP A2 response element) or the A2RE11 (derivative 11 nucleotide oligonucleotide) sequence motifs present on some mRNAs, and promotes their transport to the cytoplasm. Specifically binds single-stranded telomeric DNA sequences, protecting telomeric DNA repeat against endonuclease digestion. Location: Nucleus; Nucleus, nucleoplasm; Cytoplasm; Cytoplasmic granule (UniProt). Locus 7p15.2 (HGNC).","whereFound":["Hepatocellular carcinoma: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (HCC)","Leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.54 with leukaemia (MONDO_0005059)","Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Open Targets association 0.51 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (MONDO_0018908)"],"targetClass":"oncogene","prevalence":[]},"route":"/targets/hnrnpa2b1/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"intogen","kind":"collection","name":"IntOGen","route":"/collections/intogen/"},{"id":"open-targets","kind":"collection","name":"Open Targets Platform","route":"/collections/open-targets/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"hcc","kind":"cancer","name":"Hepatocellular carcinoma","route":"/cancers/hcc/"},{"id":"leukaemia","kind":"cancer","name":"Leukaemia (all types)","route":"/cancers/leukaemia/"},{"id":"non-hodgkin-lymphoma","kind":"cancer","name":"Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (all types)","route":"/cancers/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/"}]}}