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ARHGEF12 (Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 12) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as an oncogene driver, a tumour suppressor and a fusion partner, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Breast cancer, Renal cell carcinoma, Skin cancer 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

Acts as guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for RhoA GTPase and may act as GTPase-activating protein (GAP) for GNA12 and GNA13. May play a role in the regulation of RhoA GTPase by guanine nucleotide-binding alpha-12 (GNA12) and alpha-13 (GNA13). Promotes endothelial cell and actin stress fibre reorientation in response to mechanotransduction. Location: Cytoplasm; Membrane (UniProt). Locus 11q23.3 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.54 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (BRCA)
  • Renal cell carcinoma: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (CCRCC)
  • Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.57 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
  • Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.52 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575)
  • Lung cancer: Open Targets association 0.51 with lung cancer (MONDO_0008903)
  • Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer: Open Targets association 0.51 with gastric cancer (MONDO_0001056)
Class: tumor suppressor · Gene: ARHGEF12 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"ARHGEF12" OR ABSTRACT:"ARHGEF12" OR TITLE:"Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 12" OR ABSTRACT:"Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 12" OR TITLE:"KIAA0382" OR ABSTRACT:"KIAA0382") 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 ARHGEF12, not a curated reading list.

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