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PCDH15

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11Connections

0Hypotheses

0Analyses

6Outgoing

5Incoming

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🧬 Gene Info

Gene Symbol	PCDH15
Full Name	pcdh15
Chromosome	10q21.1
Protein Type	Gene
Function	is a member of the cadherin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules that plays critical roles in the development and maintenance of the auditory and vestibular systems.
Primary Expression	the stereocilia (hair bundle) of inner and outer hair cells in the cochlea - Vestibular system: Present in hair cells of the utricle, saccule, and
Subcellular Localization	the tips of stereocilia where mechanotransduction occurs
Molecular Weight	250 kDa
Amino Acids	307 aa
Exons	35
NCBI Gene ID	65217
GeneCards	PCDH15
Human Protein Atlas	PCDH15
Associated Diseases	neurodegeneration
KG Connections	11 knowledge graph edges
Databases	GeneCards UniProt HPA STRING

Wiki Pages (10)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    PCDH15["PCDH15"]
    Als{"Als"}
    PCDH15 -->|"therapeutic_target"| Als
    Cancer{"Cancer"}
    PCDH15 -->|"therapeutic_target"| Cancer
    PIK3CA["PIK3CA"]
    PCDH15 -->|"therapeutic_target"| PIK3CA
    FGFR2["FGFR2"]
    PCDH15 -->|"associated_with"| FGFR2
    Rb("Rb")
    PCDH15 -->|"associated_with"| Rb
    Fgf("Fgf")
    PCDH15 -->|"associated_with"| Fgf
    TPR["TPR"]
    TPR -->|"associated_with"| PCDH15
    DNA["DNA"]
    DNA -->|"therapeutic_target"| PCDH15
    ESR1["ESR1"]
    ESR1 -->|"associated_with"| PCDH15
    PBRM1["PBRM1"]
    PBRM1 -->|"associated_with"| PCDH15
    RB1["RB1"]
    RB1 -->|"associated_with"| PCDH15
    neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
    PCDH15 -->|"implicated_in"| neurodegeneration

Outgoing (6)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Als	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Cancer	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
PIK3CA	therapeutic_target	gene	0.60
FGFR2	associated_with	gene	0.60
Rb	associated_with	protein	0.60
Fgf	associated_with	protein	0.60

Incoming (5)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
TPR	associated_with	gene	0.60
ESR1	associated_with	gene	0.60
RB1	associated_with	gene	0.60
DNA	therapeutic_target	gene	0.60
PBRM1	associated_with	gene	0.60

Targeting Hypotheses (0)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
No targeting hypotheses

Mentioning Analyses (0)

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No analyses mention this entity

Related Papers (0)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMID	Authors	Journal	Year	Citations
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PCDH15

Understanding Entity Pages

Wiki Pages (10)

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