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BCL11B (B-cell lymphoma/leukaemia 11B) 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 Vulvar cancer, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 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

Key regulator of both differentiation and survival of T-lymphocytes during thymocyte development in mammals. Essential in controlling the responsiveness of haematopoietic stem cells to chemotactic signals by modulating the expression of the receptors CCR7 and CCR9, which direct the movement of progenitor cells from the bone marrow to the thymus. Is a regulator of IL2 promoter and enhances IL2 expression in activated CD4(+) T-lymphocytes. Tumour-suppressor that represses transcription through direct, TFCOUP2-independent binding to a GC-rich response element. May also function in the P53-signalling pathway. Location: Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 14q32.2 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Vulvar cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (VULVA)
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Open Targets association 0.56 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (MONDO_0018908)
  • Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.56 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
  • Leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.53 with leukaemia (MONDO_0005059)
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.52 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
  • Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.51 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575)
Class: oncogene · Gene: BCL11B · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"BCL11B" OR ABSTRACT:"BCL11B" OR TITLE:"BCL11 transcription factor B" OR ABSTRACT:"BCL11 transcription factor B" OR TITLE:"B-cell lymphoma/leukemia 11B" OR ABSTRACT:"B-cell lymphoma/leukemia 11B" OR TITLE:"CTIP-2" OR ABSTRACT:"CTIP-2" OR TITLE:"CTIP2" OR ABSTRACT:"CTIP2" OR TITLE:"hRIT1-alpha" OR ABSTRACT:"hRIT1-alpha") 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 BCL11B, not a curated reading list.

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