BCL9L
BCL9L (B-cell CLL/lymphoma 9-like protein) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Colorectal cancer, Skin cancer, Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer and 1 more.
Overview
Transcriptional regulator that acts as an activator. Promotes beta-catenin transcriptional activity. Plays a role in tumorigenesis.
Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.73 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.96, genetic association 0.00, somatic mutation 0.94). IntOGen calls it a driver in 4 cohorts (0 activating, 4 loss-of-function), covering Colon Adenocarcinoma, Colorectal Adenocarcinoma.
- Target · the protein and the cell it sits on
- Drug · antibody, small molecule, cell or radioligand
- Effect · signal, damage or kill
In plain words · BCL9L (B-cell CLL/lymphoma 9-like protein) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Colorectal cancer, Skin cancer, Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer and 1 more.
- 1 · What it is
BCL9L (B-cell CLL/lymphoma 9-like protein) is a gene whose normal job is to hold cell growth in check. The public catalogues list it as a tumour suppressor, and it is called a cancer driver by mutation analysis of patient cohorts. Tied to Colorectal cancer, Skin cancer, Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer and 1 more.
- 2 · What goes wrong in cancer
Transcriptional regulator that acts as an activator. Promotes beta-catenin transcriptional activity.
- 3 · How drugs use it
No product in this corpus aims at BCL9L yet. Because the protein is lost rather than overactive, drugs either restore its function or exploit the weakness its loss leaves (synthetic lethality).
External identifiers
Sources: HGNC HGNC:23688 (approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)); UniProt Q86UU0 (protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)); Open Targets ENSG00000186174 (association with cancer (MONDO_0004992) 0.73; per-cancer scores at or above 0.5: colorectal cancer 0.66, gastric cancer 0.52, melanoma 0.56, skin cancer 0.56 (GraphQL API, CC0)); IntOGen BCL9L (driver in 4 cohorts (Act 0, LoF 4); Compendium_Cancer_Genes.tsv release 20240920, CC0 1.0)
Biology
Transcriptional regulator that acts as an activator. Promotes beta-catenin transcriptional activity. Plays a role in tumorigenesis. Enhances the neoplastic transforming activity of CTNNB1. Location: Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 11q23.3 (HGNC).
- Colorectal cancer: Open Targets association 0.66 with colorectal cancer (MONDO_0005575); IntOGen driver in 4 cohorts (COAD, COADREAD)
- Skin cancer: Open Targets association 0.56 with skin cancer (MONDO_0002898)
- Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer: Open Targets association 0.52 with gastric cancer (MONDO_0001056)
- Melanoma: Open Targets association 0.56 with melanoma (MONDO_0005105)
Notes
top- Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: IntOGen calls it a loss-of-function (LoF) driver in 4 cohorts. Evidence tier "cohort-driver" is the strongest of those signals.
- Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate.
Latest papers
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