Symbol
| CACNA1C
| contributors: mct/npt/pgu - updated : 20-11-2015
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HGNC name
| calcium channel, voltage-dependent, L type, alpha 1C subunit
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HGNC id
| 1390
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Other morbid association(s)
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Type | Gene Modification | Chromosome rearrangement | Protein expression | Protein Function
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tumoral
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| --over
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in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) | |
Susceptibility
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to bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia |
Variant & Polymorphism
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Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
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System | Type | Disorder | Pubmed |
cardiovascular | | | |
testosterone binding to CACNA1C, thereby supporting its beneficial role as an endogenous Ca2+ channel antagonist in the treatment of cardiovascular disease |
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| mice expressing CACNA1C channels with the distal C terminus deleted (DCT-/-) develop cardiac hypertrophy and die prematurely after E15 |