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Mesothelin is a surface protein on mesothelioma, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers, targeted by ADCs, CAR-T, and T-cell engagers. 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

Binds MUC16/CA-125; function largely dispensable.

Where it is found
  • Mesothelioma
  • Pancreatic
  • Ovarian
  • Lung adenocarcinoma
Class: surface antigen · Gene: MSLN · Facts checked 2026-09-04 · Target page
Technologies aimed at it

Elsewhere: identifiers and databases

Built from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL ids

How common it is, by cancer

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CancerPrevalenceSource
Mesothelioma
85-100%
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
80-90%
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Ovarian cancer
60-70%
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Approximate, population-level figures; the measure column says what was counted. Ranges show the midpoint as a bar.

Products by modality and phase

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No product in the corpus is aimed at this target yet.

No trial in the corpus names this target or one of its products.

Resistance routes that involve this target

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Pathways where it is a node

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No pathway diagram carries this target as a node.

Companion diagnostics and assays

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Preclinical models

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Ideas and companies

Key papers and the live literature

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"Mesothelin" OR ABSTRACT:"Mesothelin" OR TITLE:"MSLN" OR ABSTRACT:"MSLN") 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 Mesothelin, 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/mesothelin.json. Licence CC BY 4.0.