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Symbol PTCH1 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 21-10-2018
HGNC name patched homolog 1 (Drosophila)
HGNC id 9585
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s) NBCCS2 , HPE7 , DEL9Q22 , DEL9Q223
related resource PTCH Mutation Database
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
tumoral somatic mutation      
in desmoplastic medulloblastoma and in basal cells carcinoma
tumoral       loss of function
in medulloblastoma and skin tumors
tumoral somatic mutation      
in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the skin
tumoral   LOH    
in ovarian tumors, benign or malignant, sporadic basal cell carcinoma, small cell lung carcinoma, lymph node metastasis of primary breast cancer
tumoral   deletion    
in papillary thyroid carcinoma, in trichoepithelioma, sebaceous nevus, non-melanoma skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma
tumoral germinal mutation      
in bladder carcinoma
tumoral somatic mutation      
in keratocystic odontogenic tumors
constitutional   amplification    
duplication in a family with microcephaly and mild developmental delay
tumoral   LOH    
in nonsyndromic or sporadic cardiac fibroma
tumoral     --other  
aberrant methylation of the PTCH1 promoter may be an early, initiating event of colon carcinogenesis
constitutional       loss of function
concomitant loss of PTCH1 and PTCH2 activity inhibits epidermal lineage specification and differentiation
Susceptibility to basal cells carcinoma
Variant & Polymorphism SNP , insertion/deletion , other increasing the risk of basal cells carcinoma
Candidate gene
  • in a mouse model, APP-dependent up-regulation of Ptch1 underlies proliferation impairment of neural precursors in Down syndrome (;
  • for Wilms tumor in del 9q22 patients
  • Marker
  • alterations of FANCC and PTCH1 could be used as molecular marker for early diagnosis and prognosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
  • Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • inhibition of Shh signaling pathway exacerbated rat ischemic damage caused by permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion, which may be correlated with down-regulated expression of Gli1, Ptch1 and Sod1
  • inactivation of Ptch1 in mice leads to formation of gastrointestinal stromal tumor-like tumors that express Pdgfr&
  • 945;, but not Kit