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Several melanomas and skin cancers as well as a few cases of thyroid and renal cancers showed moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Cancer cells in general were mainly negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
TMEM43 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
ARVD5, DKFZp586G1919, LUMA, MGC3222
Description
Transmembrane protein 43 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene belongs to the TMEM43 family. Defects in this gene are the cause of familial arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia type 5 (ARVD5), also known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 5 (ARVC5). Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is an inherited disorder, often involving both ventricles, and is characterized by ventricular tachycardia, heart failure, sudden cardiac death, and fibrofatty replacement of cardiomyocytes. This gene contains a response element for PPAR gamma (an adipogenic transcription factor), which may explain the fibrofatty replacement of the myocardium, a characteristic pathological finding in ARVC. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]