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ASXL2 (Putative Polycomb group protein ASXL2) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor and a fusion partner, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Bladder & urothelial cancer and Acute myeloid leukaemia. 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

Putative Polycomb group (PcG) protein. PcG proteins act by forming multiprotein complexes, which are required to maintain the transcriptionally repressive state of homeotic genes throughout development. PcG proteins are not required to initiate repression, but to maintain it during later stages of development. They probably act via methylation of histones, rendering chromatin heritably changed in its expressibility. Involved in transcriptional regulation mediated by ligand-bound nuclear hormone receptors, such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG). Acts as coactivator for PPARG and enhances its adipocyte differentiation-inducing activity; the function seems to involve differential recruitment of acetylated and methylated histone H3. Location: Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 2p23.3 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Bladder & urothelial cancer: IntOGen driver in 2 cohorts (BLCA)
  • Acute myeloid leukaemia: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (AML)
Class: tumor suppressor · Gene: ASXL2 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"ASXL2" OR ABSTRACT:"ASXL2" OR TITLE:"ASXL transcriptional regulator 2" OR ABSTRACT:"ASXL transcriptional regulator 2" OR TITLE:"Putative Polycomb group protein ASXL2" OR ABSTRACT:"Putative Polycomb group protein ASXL2" OR TITLE:"ASXH2" OR ABSTRACT:"ASXH2" OR TITLE:"FLJ10898" OR ABSTRACT:"FLJ10898" OR TITLE:"KIAA1685" OR ABSTRACT:"KIAA1685") 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 ASXL2, not a curated reading list.

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