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GRHL2 (Grainyhead-like protein 2 homolog) is a protein that switches other genes on and off. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Breast cancer. 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

Transcription factor playing an important role in primary neurulation and in epithelial development. Binds directly to the consensus DNA sequence 5'-AACCGGTT-3' acting as an activator and repressor on distinct target genes. During embryogenesis, plays unique and cooperative roles with GRHL3 in establishing distinct zones of primary neurulation. Essential for closure 3 (rostral end of the forebrain), functions cooperatively with GRHL3 in closure 2 (forebrain/midbrain boundary) and posterior neuropore closure. Regulates epithelial morphogenesis acting as a target gene-associated transcriptional activator of apical junctional complex components. Up-regulates of CLDN3 and CLDN4, as well as of RAB25, which increases the CLDN4 protein and its localisation at tight junctions. Location: Nucleus; Membrane (UniProt). Locus 8q22.3 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.52 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
Class: transcription · Gene: GRHL2 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"GRHL2" OR ABSTRACT:"GRHL2" OR TITLE:"grainyhead like transcription factor 2" OR ABSTRACT:"grainyhead like transcription factor 2" OR TITLE:"Grainyhead-like protein 2 homolog" OR ABSTRACT:"Grainyhead-like protein 2 homolog" OR TITLE:"FLJ13782" OR ABSTRACT:"FLJ13782" OR TITLE:"DFNA28" OR ABSTRACT:"DFNA28" OR TITLE:"TFCP2L3" OR ABSTRACT:"TFCP2L3") 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 GRHL2, 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/grhl2.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.