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Symbol CASP3 contributors: mct/ - updated : 25-11-2015
HGNC name caspase 3, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase
HGNC id 1504
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s)
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
tumoral     --low  
in prostate cancer (in progression)
tumoral somatic mutation      
in colon and lung carcinoma
Susceptibility
  • to lung cancer
  • to Kawasaki disease
  • Variant & Polymorphism other
  • GAGC haplotype carrying the variant allele at all of the -928A > G, 77G > A, and 17532A > C loci was associated with a significantly decreased risk of lung cancer compared to the AGGA haplotype carrying no variant alleles
  • G to A substitution of one commonly associated SNP located in the 5&
  • 8242; untranslated region of CASP3 (rs72689236) increases risk of Kawasaki disease
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
  • mutation V266E activates CASP3 in absence of chain cleavage and is uninhibitable, and thus may lead to novel therapeutic strategies for inducing cell death
  • ANIMAL & CELL MODELS