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Majority of colorectal and liver cancers, as well as several endometrial and ovarian cancers showed moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Remaining cancer tissues were mainly weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
ATG4D (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
APG4-D, APG4D, AUTL4
Description
Autophagy related 4D, cysteine peptidase (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Autophagy is the process by which endogenous proteins and damaged organelles are destroyed intracellularly. Autophagy is postulated to be essential for cell homeostasis and cell remodeling during differentiation, metamorphosis, non-apoptotic cell death, and aging. Reduced levels of autophagy have been described in some malignant tumors, and a role for autophagy in controlling the unregulated cell growth linked to cancer has been proposed. This gene belongs to the autophagy-related protein 4 (Atg4) family of C54 endopeptidases. Members of this family encode proteins that play a role in the biogenesis of autophagosomes, which sequester the cytosol and organelles for degradation by lysosomes. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013]