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Cancer tissues displayed moderate nuclear staining. Few cases of gliomas, melanomas, endometrial, cervical, ovarian, testis, urothelial and pancreatic cancers were strongly positive. Several cases of gliomas, lymphomas, renal and liver cancers were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
CBFA2T2 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
MTGR1, ZMYND3
Description
Core-binding factor, runt domain, alpha subunit 2; translocated to, 2 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
In acute myeloid leukemia, especially in the M2 subtype, the t(8;21)(q22;q22) translocation is one of the most frequent karyotypic abnormalities. The translocation produces a chimeric gene made up of the 5'-region of the RUNX1 (AML1) gene fused to the 3'-region of the CBFA2T1 (MTG8) gene. The chimeric protein is thought to associate with the nuclear corepressor/histone deacetylase complex to block hematopoietic differentiation. The protein encoded by this gene binds to the AML1-MTG8 complex and may be important in promoting leukemogenesis. Several transcript variants are thought to exist for this gene, but the full-length natures of only three have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]