Symbol
| PTCH2
| contributors: mct/npt - updated : 11-10-2016
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HGNC name
| patched homolog 2 (Drosophila)
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HGNC id
| 9586
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corresponding disease(s)
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BCNS
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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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tumoral
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| LOH
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in basal cell carcinoma and medulloblastoma | tumoral
| germinal mutation
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in Naevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) | constitutional
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| loss of function
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concomitant loss of PTCH1 and PTCH2 activity inhibits epidermal lineage specification and differentiation | |
Susceptibility
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to macrostomia |
Variant & Polymorphism
other
| germline PTCH2 mutation (1423G A, resulting in Val471Ile) mutation may be associated with macrostomia (fan 2009) |
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Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
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| direct link between overproliferation and retinal dysplasia in the ptc2 -/- juvenile zebrafish retina |