Biology:SOX18

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


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Transcription factor SOX-18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOX18 gene.[1][2]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional regulator after forming a protein complex with other proteins. This protein plays a role in hair, blood vessel, and lymphatic vessel development. Mutations in this gene have been associated with recessive and dominant forms of hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia (HLTS).[3][2] An autosomal truncating dominant mutation in this gene has also been associated with renal failure in the condition hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia-renal defect syndrome (HLTRS).[4][5]

Interactions

SOX18 has been shown to interact with:

MEF2C[6]

RBPJ[7]

See also

  • SOX genes

References

  1. "cDNA cloning, tissue expression, and chromosome mapping of human homolog of SOX18". Journal of Human Genetics 45 (3): 192–5. July 2000. doi:10.1007/s100380050210. PMID 10807548. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: SO X18 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 18". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=54345. 
  3. "Further delineation of the SOX18-related Hypotrichosis, Lymphedema, Telangiectasia syndrome (HTLS)". European Journal of Medical Genetics 61 (5): 269–272. May 2018. doi:10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.01.001. PMID 29307792. 
  4. "Hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia-renal defect associated with a truncating mutation in the SOX18 gene". Clinical Genetics 87 (4): 378–82. April 2015. doi:10.1111/cge.12388. PMID 24697860. 
  5. "Hypotrichosis-Lymphedema-Telangiectasia-Renal Defect Syndrome". The University of Arizona Health Sciences. https://disorders.eyes.arizona.edu/disorders/hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia-renal-defect-syndrome. 
  6. "SOX18 directly interacts with MEF2C in endothelial cells". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 287 (2): 493–500. September 2001. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.5589. PMID 11554755. 
  7. "R-propranolol is a small molecule inhibitor of the SOX18 transcription factor in a rare vascular syndrome and hemangioma". eLife 8: e43026. July 2019. doi:10.7554/eLife.43026. PMID 31358114. 

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.