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