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FLASH GENE

Symbol

DDC

contributors: mct/npt - updated : 21-04-2010

HGNC name	dopa decarboxylase (aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase)
HGNC id	2719

FLASH GENE DNA RNA EXPRESSION PROTEIN DISORDER ANIMAL & CELL MODELS

ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

corresponding disease(s)

DDC

Other morbid association(s)

Type Gene Modification Chromosome rearrangement Protein expression Protein Function tumoral     --over   at the mRNA level, in the specimens from prostate cancer patients, in comparison to those from benign prostate hyperplasia patients (Avgeris 2008)

Susceptibility

to nicotine dependence

Variant & Polymorphism other	poymorphism increasing the risk of nicotine dependence

Candidate gene	potential of DDC expression, at the mRNA level, as a novel biomarker in prostate cancer (Avgeris 2008)
Marker
Therapy target

ANIMAL & CELL MODELS