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FLASH GENE
Symbol DCC contributors: mct - updated : 22-06-2016
HGNC name deleted in colorectal carcinoma
HGNC id 2701
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s) MMVC
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
tumoral   deletion    
homozygously deleted in colorectal cancer cell lines and other tumor types including stomach, pancreas, esophagus, prostate carcinomas
tumoral     --low  
by promoter hypermethylation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
tumoral     --low  
in more than 50p100 of colorectal tumours, as well as in many other neoplasms
Susceptibility
Variant & Polymorphism
Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • unc5c haploinsufficiency results in diminished amphetamine-induced locomotion in male and female mice and this phenotype is identical to that produced by dcc haploinsufficiency and observed after adolescence