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LGR5 (Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5) is a protein on the cell surface. The public catalogues list it as a drug target, a biomarker and an antigen, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Colorectal cancer and Sarcomas. 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 for R-spondins that potentiates the canonical Wnt signalling pathway and acts as a stem cell marker of the intestinal epithelium and the hair follicle. Upon binding to R-spondins (RSPO1, RSPO2, RSPO3 or RSPO4), associates with phosphorylated LRP6 and frizzled receptors that are activated by extracellular Wnt receptors, triggering the canonical Wnt signalling pathway to increase expression of target genes. In contrast to classical G protein-coupled receptors, does not activate heterotrimeric G proteins to transduce the signal. Involved in the development and/or maintenance of the adult intestinal stem cells during postembryonic development. Location: Cell membrane; Golgi apparatus, trans-Golgi network membrane (UniProt). Locus 12q21.1 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Colorectal cancer: CIViC evidence names this disease
  • Sarcomas: CIViC evidence names this disease
Class: surface antigen · Gene: LGR5 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

External identifiers

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LGR5leucine rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 · 12q21.1HGNCEnsemblUniProtAlphaFold DBOpen TargetsCIViCOncoKBCOSMICcBioPortalDepMapHuman Protein AtlasNCBI GeneOMIM

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"LGR5" OR ABSTRACT:"LGR5" OR TITLE:"leucine rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 5" OR ABSTRACT:"leucine rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 5" OR TITLE:"Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5" OR ABSTRACT:"Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5" OR TITLE:"HG38" OR ABSTRACT:"HG38" OR TITLE:"GPR67" OR ABSTRACT:"GPR67" OR TITLE:"GPR49" OR ABSTRACT:"GPR49") 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 LGR5, 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/lgr5-gene.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.