Biology:HOXB13

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Homeobox protein Hox-B13 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HOXB13 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

This gene encodes a transcription factor that belongs to the homeobox gene family. Genes of this family are highly conserved among vertebrates and essential for vertebrate embryonic development. This gene has been implicated in fetal skin development and cutaneous regeneration. In mice, a similar gene was shown to exhibit temporal and spatial colinearity in the main body axis of the embryo, but was not expressed in the secondary axes, which suggests functions in body patterning along the axis. This gene and other HOXB genes form a gene cluster on chromosome 17 in the 17q21-22 region.[3] Men who inherit a rare (<0.1% in a selected group of patients without clinical signs of prostate cancer) genetic variant in HOXB13 (G84E or rs138213197) have a 10-20-fold increased risk of prostate cancer.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. "Hoxb-13: a new Hox gene in a distant region of the HOXB cluster maintains colinearity". Development 122 (8): 2475–84. Aug 1996. doi:10.1242/dev.122.8.2475. PMID 8756292. 
  2. "Modulation of the human homeobox genes PRX-2 and HOXB13 in scarless fetal wounds". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology 111 (1): 57–63. Jul 1998. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00238.x. PMID 9665387. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: HOXB13 homeobox B13". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10481. 
  4. "Germline mutations in HOXB13 and prostate-cancer risk". The New England Journal of Medicine 366 (2): 141–9. Jan 2012. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1110000. PMID 22236224. 
  5. "Prostate cancer risk variants of the HOXB genetic locus". Scientific Reports 11 (1): 11385. May 2021. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89399-7. PMID 34059701. Bibcode2021NatSR..1111385D. 

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