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FLASH GENE
Symbol ITGA7 contributors: mct - updated : 21-03-2020
HGNC name integrin, alpha 7
HGNC id 6143
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s) ITGA7D
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
tumoral     --over  
in Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with granulocytic sarcoma (GS)
Susceptibility
Variant & Polymorphism
Candidate gene
Marker
  • might serve as a potential biomarker for predicting increased AML risk and worse prognosis in AML patients
  • is a glioblastoma biomarker
  • prognostic factor in human Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM)
  • Therapy target
    SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
    cancerbrainglioma/neuroblstoma
    is a glioblastoma candidate therapeutic target (PMID: 28602620)
    cancerdigestiveoesophagus
    could be a potential therapeutic target in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma treatment
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • alpha7 integrin null mices embryos exhibit vascular smooth muscle cell defects that result in cerebral vascular hemorrhaging