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Several cases of ymphomas along with a few cases of melanomas and hepatocellular carcinomas displayed weak to moderate cytoplasmic staining. Other cancer tissues were mainly negative.
Moderate granular cytoplasmic positivity was observed in most cancer tissues. Most cases of lymphomas, ovarian cancers and squamous cell carcinomas of cervix were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
NALCN (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
bA430M15.1, CanIon, VGCNL1
Description
Sodium leak channel, non selective (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
NALCN forms a voltage-independent, nonselective, noninactivating cation channel permeable to Na+, K+, and Ca(2+). It is responsible for the neuronal background sodium leak conductance (Lu et al., 2007 [PubMed 17448995]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]