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Breast cancer and several ovarian, lung and endometrial cancers showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic staining. Moderate cytoplasmic positivity was observed in a few prostate, cervical, gastric, liver and several urothelial cancers. Remaining cancer tissues were negative or weakly stained.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
CDH5 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
7B4, CD144
Description
Cadherin 5, type 2 (vascular endothelium) (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a classical cadherin of the cadherin superfamily. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate the mature glycoprotein. This calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion molecule is comprised of five extracellular cadherin repeats, a transmembrane region and a highly conserved cytoplasmic tail. Functioning as a classical cadherin by imparting to cells the ability to adhere in a homophilic manner, this protein plays a role in endothelial adherens junction assembly and maintenance. This gene is located in a gene cluster in a region on the long arm of chromosome 16 that is involved in loss of heterozygosity events in breast and prostate cancer. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]