Biology:CD7

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Short description: Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens


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CD7 (Cluster of Differentiation 7) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CD7 gene.[1]

Function

This gene encodes a transmembrane protein which is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily. This protein is found on thymocytes and mature T cells. It plays an essential role in T-cell interactions and also in T-cell/B-cell interaction during early lymphoid development.[1]

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Interactions

CD7 has been shown to interact with PIK3R1.[2][3]

Clinical significance

CD7 can be aberrantly expressed in refractory anaemia with excess blasts (RAEB) and may confer a worse prognosis.[4] Also, a lack of CD7 expression could insinuate mycosis fungoides (MF) or Sezary syndrome (SS).[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: CD7 CD7 molecule". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=924. 
  2. "Functional association of CD7 with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase: interaction via a YEDM motif". International Immunology 8 (8): 1195–203. August 1996. doi:10.1093/intimm/8.8.1195. PMID 8918688. 
  3. "Association of T cell antigen CD7 with type II phosphatidylinositol-4 kinase, a key component in pathways of inositol phosphate turnover". European Journal of Immunology 33 (1): 46–52. January 2003. doi:10.1002/immu.200390006. PMID 12594831. 
  4. "Differences in blast immunophenotypes among disease types in myelodysplastic syndromes: a multicenter validation study". Leukemia Research 36 (10): 1229–36. October 2012. doi:10.1016/j.leukres.2012.05.006. PMID 22682984. 
  5. "Circulating CD4+CD7- lymphocyte burden and rapidity of response: predictors of outcome in the treatment of Sézary syndrome and erythrodermic mycosis fungoides with extracorporeal photopheresis". Archives of Dermatology 138 (10): 1347–50. October 2002. doi:10.1001/archderm.138.10.1347. PMID 12374541. 

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