We use cookies to enhance the usability of our website. If you continue, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies. More information. Don't show this again.
Several cases of squamous cell carcinomas and melanomas along with isolated cases in other cancers displayed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity. Remaining tumors were mainly negative.
Several cases of squamous cell carcinomas exhibited strong cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. A few cases of urothelial cancers showed moderate to strong staining in a fraction of cells. Remaining cancers were negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
A2ML1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
CPAMD9, FLJ25179
Description
Alpha-2-macroglobulin-like 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the alpha-macroglobulin superfamily. The encoded protein is thought to be an N-glycosylated monomeric protein that acts as an inhibitor of several proteases. It has been shown to form covalent interactions with proteases, and has been reported as the p170 antigen recognized by autoantibodies in the autoimmune disease paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP; PMID:20805888). Mutations in these gene have also been associated with some cases of Noonan syndrome (NS; PMID:24939586) as well as some cases of otitis media (PMID:26121085). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]