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Symbol CD7 contributors: mct - updated : 11-03-2010
HGNC name CD7 molecule
HGNC id 1695
EXPRESSION
Type
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Lymphoid/Immunespleen   highly
cells
SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Blood/HematopoieticNK cell
Blood/Hematopoieticthymocyte
Lymphoid/ImmuneB cell
Lymphoid/ImmuneT cell
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • an immunoglobulin-like domain
  • conjugated GlycoP , LipoP
    HOMOLOGY
    interspecies ortholog to murine Cd7
    homolog to C.elegans C14F5.2
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • immunoglobulin superfamily
  • CATEGORY immunity/defense , antigen , receptor membrane tyrosine kinase
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
    text type I membrane protein
    basic FUNCTION
  • playing an essential role in T-cell interactions and also in T-cell/B-cell interaction during early lymphoid development
  • may act as an Fc receptor for IgM in lung microvascular endothelial cells
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS immunity/defense
    text calcium ion transport
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling signal transduction
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • binding to SECTM1 (K12)
  • binding to PI3k and to PI4K
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s)
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    tumoral        
    marker of T cell acute lymphocyte leukemia
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
  • CD7 epxression in CD4+ T cells discriminates between Hodgkin lymphoma (overexpressed) and reactive lymphadenopathy
  • Therapy target
    SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
    cancerhemopathy 
    loss of CD7 implies a worse prognosis in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS