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Colorectal cancers as well as several malignant melanomas, and lung cancers along with fractions of liver, pancreas, urothelial, testicular, breast and prostate cancer displayed moderate cytoplasmic positivity often combined with nuclear membranous staining. Remaining malignant cells were in general weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
HAND1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
bHLHa27, eHand, Hxt, Thing1
Description
Heart and neural crest derivatives expressed 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the basic helix-loop-helix family of transcription factors. This gene product is one of two closely related family members, the HAND proteins, which are asymmetrically expressed in the developing ventricular chambers and play an essential role in cardiac morphogenesis. Working in a complementary fashion, they function in the formation of the right ventricle and aortic arch arteries, implicating them as mediators of congenital heart disease. In addition, it has been suggested that this transcription factor may be required for early trophoblast differentiation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]