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Most cancers displayed moderate to strong membranous immunoreactivity. Gliomas, lymphomas, testicular cancers and renal cancers were in general negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
CDH3 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
CDHP, PCAD
Description
Cadherin 3, type 1, P-cadherin (placental) (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a classical cadherin of the cadherin superfamily. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate the mature glycoprotein. This calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion protein is comprised of five extracellular cadherin repeats, a transmembrane region and a highly conserved cytoplasmic tail. This gene is located in a gene cluster in a region on the long arm of chromosome 16 that is involved in loss of heterozygosity events in breast and prostate cancer. In addition, aberrant expression of this protein is observed in cervical adenocarcinomas. Mutations in this gene are associated with hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy and ectodermal dysplasia, ectrodactyly, and macular dystrophy syndrome (EEMS). [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]