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Most of the cancer cells displayed moderate cytoplasmic and/or nuclear positivity. Pancreatic cancers along with a few melanomas, liver, testis, stomach and urothelial cancers were strongly stained. Several lymphomas, prostate and renal cancers were negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
SYT8 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
DKFZp434K0322
Description
Synaptotagmin VIII (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the synaptotagmin protein family. Synaptotagmins are membrane proteins that are important in neurotransmission and hormone secretion, both of which involve regulated exocytosis. Expression of the encoded protein in human pancreatic islets has been connected to activity of the promoter for the insulin gene, on the same chromosome several hundred kilobases away (PMID: 21336277 and 22928559). This association would link response to gluclose to insulin secretion. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2014]