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Symbol DKK3 contributors: mct/npt/pgu - updated : 10-05-2017
HGNC name dickkopf homolog 3 (Xenopus laevis)
HGNC id 2893
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s)
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
tumoral     --low  
in non small cell lung carcinoma (with poor differentiation), in cervical cancer (promoter was methylated in cervical cancer)
tumoral     --low  
in kidney, urinary bladder, liver, prostate, pancreas cancers
tumoral     --low  
resulting in impairment of glandular structure and uncontrolled prostate epithelial cell (PrEC) proliferation, both of which are crucial for prostate cancer progression
tumoral     --over  
induces cancer cell apoptosis through endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress
tumoral     --low  
in all of the seminoma and non-seminomatous germ cell tumor tissues
tumoral     --over  
strongly expressed in ganglioneuroma but only weakly in neuroblastoma
tumoral     --low  
by promoter methylation in breast cancer, and proves as a novel prognostic marker potentially useful in the clinical management of this disease
tumoral     --over  
in hepatoblastomas and hepatocellular carcinomas
tumoral     --low  
in the hyperproliferative epidermis including skin cancers and non-cancerous proliferative disease
Susceptibility
Variant & Polymorphism
Candidate gene for prostate cancer (variant comprising the N-terminal 78 amino acid region most strongly induced ER stress and apoptosis in prostate cancer cells)
Marker
  • could be a potential tumor marker for the early detection of Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)
  • Therapy target
    SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
    cancerreproductivetestis
    adenovirus vector DKK3 may lead to developing less insulting and non-genotoxic therapeutic measures against testicular cancer
    cardiovascularcardiomyopathy 
    could serve as a therapeutic target for the treatment of cardiomyopathy and heart failure
    cancer  
    upregulation DKK3 protein expression could be a promising option for cancer therapy
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS