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Cancer tissues displayed moderate cytoplasmic and membranous positivity. A few cases of breast, prostate, head & neck, thyroid and urothelial cancers were strongly stained. Several lymphomas were negative.
Most tumors showed moderate to strong positivity in the cytoplasm. Several gliomas and lymphomas showed weak staining or were negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
CTTN (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
EMS1
Description
Cortactin (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene is overexpressed in breast cancer and squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. The encoded protein is localized in the cytoplasm and in areas of the cell-substratum contacts. This gene has two roles: (1) regulating the interactions between components of adherens-type junctions and (2) organizing the cytoskeleton and cell adhesion structures of epithelia and carcinoma cells. During apoptosis, the encoded protein is degraded in a caspase-dependent manner. The aberrant regulation of this gene contributes to tumor cell invasion and metastasis. Three splice variants that encode different isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]
Predicted intracellular proteins Plasma proteins Cancer-related genes Mutational cancer driver genes Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Predicted intracellular proteins Plasma proteins Cancer-related genes Mutational cancer driver genes Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Predicted intracellular proteins Plasma proteins Cancer-related genes Mutational cancer driver genes Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)