Symbol
| SPIB
| contributors: mct - updated : 19-11-2010
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HGNC name
| Spi-B transcription factor (Spi-1/PU.1 related)
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HGNC id
| 11242
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Susceptibility
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to primary biliary cirrhosis |
Variant & Polymorphism
SNP
| rs3745516 within SPIB strongly associated with primary biliary cirrhosis |
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Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
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| mice deficient in both Spib and Spi1 in the B-cell lineage had reduced frequencies of B cells as well as impaired B-cell differentiation, and developed pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia before 30 weeks of age |