Symbol
| PDPN
| contributors: mct - updated : 08-06-2011
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HGNC name
| podoplanin
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HGNC id
| 29602
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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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constitutional
| germinal mutation
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| loss of function
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leads to abnormal lung development | tumoral
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| --over
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in squamous cell carcinomas, germ cell tumors and colorectal cancer | |
Variant & Polymorphism
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Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
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| mice with postnatal deletion of Pdpn lost high endothelial venules (HEVs) integrity and exhibited spontaneous bleeding in mucosal lymph nodes, and bleeding in the draining peripheral lymph nodes after immunization |