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Cases of hepatocellular carcinomas exhibited strong immunoreactivity. Occasional cases of gliomas, prostate, breast, colorectal and thyroid cancers showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Remaining cancers were negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
ANO7 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
IPCA-5, NGEP, PCANAP5, PCANAP5L, TMEM16G
Description
Anoctamin 7 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This prostate-specific gene encodes a cytoplasmic protein, as well as a polytopic membrane protein which may serve as a target in prostate cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]