MYH9 (Myosin-9) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as an oncogene driver and a tumour suppressor, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, Breast cancer, Colorectal 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
Cellular myosin that appears to play a role in cytokinesis, cell shape, and specialised functions such as secretion and capping. Required for cortical actin clearance prior to oocyte exocytosis. Promotes cell motility in conjunction with S100A4. During cell spreading, plays an important role in cytoskeleton reorganisation, focal contact formation (in the margins but not the central part of spreading cells), and lamellipodial retraction; this function is mechanically antagonised by MYH10. Location: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton; Cytoplasm, cell cortex; Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, Cortical granule; Cell membrane (UniProt). Locus 22q12.3 (HGNC).
- Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: IntOGen driver in 2 cohorts (HNSC)
- Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.59 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (BRCA)
- Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.54 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (COADREAD)
- Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer: Open Targets association 0.54 with gastric cancer (MONDO_0001056); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (STOMACH)
- Ovarian cancer: Open Targets association 0.54 with ovarian cancer (MONDO_0008170); IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (OVT)
- Bladder & urothelial cancer: IntOGen driver in 1 cohort (BLCA)
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Preprints →Query for this target: (TITLE:"MYH9" OR ABSTRACT:"MYH9" OR TITLE:"myosin heavy chain 9" OR ABSTRACT:"myosin heavy chain 9" OR TITLE:"Myosin-9" OR ABSTRACT:"Myosin-9" OR TITLE:"NMMHCA" OR ABSTRACT:"NMMHCA" OR TITLE:"NMHC-II-A" OR ABSTRACT:"NMHC-II-A" OR TITLE:"EPSTS" OR ABSTRACT:"EPSTS") 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 MYH9, not a curated reading list.
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