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APC (Adenomatous polyposis coli protein) 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 an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Colorectal cancer, Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer, Hepatocellular carcinoma and 5 more. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Tumour suppressor. Promotes rapid degradation of CTNNB1 and participates in Wnt signalling as a negative regulator. APC activity is correlated with its phosphorylation state. Activates the GEF activity of SPATA13 and ARHGEF4. Plays a role in hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-induced cell migration. Required for MMP9 up-regulation via the JNK signalling pathway in colorectal tumour cells. Location: Cell junction, adherens junction; Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton; Cell projection, lamellipodium; Cell projection, ruffle membrane (UniProt). Locus 5q22.2 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.86 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575); CIViC evidence names this disease
  • Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer: Open Targets association 0.81 with gastric cancer (MONDO_0001056); IntOGen driver in 6 cohorts (EGC, STAD, STOMACH)
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma: Open Targets association 0.74 with hepatocellular carcinoma (MONDO_0007256); IntOGen driver in 2 cohorts (HCC)
  • Prostate cancer: Open Targets association 0.65 with prostate cancer (MONDO_0008315); IntOGen driver in 7 cohorts (PRAD, PROSTATE)
  • Oesophageal cancer: Open Targets association 0.55 with oesophageal cancer (MONDO_0007576); IntOGen driver in 4 cohorts (ESCA, ESCC)
  • Biliary tract cancer: Open Targets association 0.58 with biliary tract cancer (MONDO_0003060)
Class: tumor suppressor · Gene: APC · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"APC" OR ABSTRACT:"APC" OR TITLE:"APC regulator of Wnt signaling pathway" OR ABSTRACT:"APC regulator of Wnt signaling pathway" OR TITLE:"Adenomatous polyposis coli protein" OR ABSTRACT:"Adenomatous polyposis coli protein" OR TITLE:"DP2" OR ABSTRACT:"DP2" OR TITLE:"DP3" OR ABSTRACT:"DP3" OR TITLE:"DP2.5" OR ABSTRACT:"DP2.5") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about APC, not a curated reading list.

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The dossier as machine-readable JSON: identifiers from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL, products with status, trials, pathways, hotspots, open questions and assays. The full entity record is in the open API at /api/v1/entities/apc.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.