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Symbol MAGEL2 contributors: mct - updated : 09-11-2015
HGNC name MAGE-like 2
HGNC id 6814
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s) PWS , PWLAD , AMCN5
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
constitutional     --low  
in the hippocampus of patients with incipient Alzheimer disease
Susceptibility
Variant & Polymorphism
Candidate gene regulation of normal circadian rhythm
Marker
Therapy target
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • Magel2-null mice exhibit neonatal growth retardation, excessive weight gain after weaning, and increased adiposity with altered metabolism in adulthood as seen in PWS patients
  • mice lacking Magel2 display increased weight gain with excess adiposity and other defects suggestive of hypothalamic deficiency
  • paternally Magel2-null mice have reduced embryonic viability but otherwise normal embryonic growth in survivors, followed by post-natal growth retardation and excessive weight gain, recapitulating aspects of the PWS phenotype