EPHB2
EPHB2 (Ephrin type-B receptor 2) is a protein kinase, an enzyme that switches other proteins on by adding phosphate groups. The public catalogues list it as a drug target and a biomarker, and an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Prostate cancer, Thyroid cancer and Neuroendocrine tumours. 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
Receptor tyrosine kinase which binds promiscuously transmembrane ephrin-B family ligands residing on adjacent cells, leading to contact-dependent bidirectional signalling into neighboring cells. The signalling pathway downstream of the receptor is referred to as forward signalling while the signalling pathway downstream of the ephrin ligand is referred to as reverse signalling. Functions in axon guidance during development. Involved in the guidance of commissural axons, that form a major interhemispheric connection between the 2 temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex. Also involved in guidance of contralateral inner ear efferent growth cones at the midline and of retinal ganglion cell axons to the optic disk. In addition to axon guidance, also regulates dendritic spines development and maturation and stimulates the formation of excitatory synapses. Location: Cell membrane; Cell projection, axon; Cell projection, dendrite; Secreted (UniProt). Locus 1p36.12 (HGNC).
- Prostate cancer: Open Targets association 0.51 with prostate cancer (MONDO_0008315); CIViC evidence names this disease
- Thyroid cancer: Open Targets association 0.56 with thyroid cancer (MONDO_0002108)
- Neuroendocrine tumours: Open Targets association 0.55 with neuroendocrine neoplasm (MONDO_0019496)
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Literature
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