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NECTIN2 nectin cell adhesion molecule 2

Gene ID: 5819, updated on 19-Sep-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: HVEB; PRR2; CD112; PVRL2; PVRR2

Summary

This gene encodes a single-pass type I membrane glycoprotein with two Ig-like C2-type domains and an Ig-like V-type domain. This protein is one of the plasma membrane components of adherens junctions. It also serves as an entry for certain mutant strains of herpes simplex virus and pseudorabies virus, and it is involved in cell to cell spreading of these viruses. Variations in this gene have been associated with differences in the severity of multiple sclerosis. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Associated conditions

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DescriptionTests
A comprehensive genetic association study of Alzheimer disease in African Americans.
GeneReviews: Not available
A genome-wide association study for late-onset Alzheimer's disease using DNA pooling.
GeneReviews: Not available
APOE and BCHE as modulators of cerebral amyloid deposition: a florbetapir PET genome-wide association study.
GeneReviews: Not available
Dementia revealed: novel chromosome 6 locus for late-onset Alzheimer disease provides genetic evidence for folate-pathway abnormalities.
GeneReviews: Not available
Gene-environment interactions and obesity traits among postmenopausal African-American and Hispanic women in the Women's Health Initiative SHARe Study.
GeneReviews: Not available
Genome-wide association analysis of age-at-onset in Alzheimer's disease.
GeneReviews: Not available
Insights into the genetic architecture of early stage age-related macular degeneration: a genome-wide association study meta-analysis.
GeneReviews: Not available
Large-scale genome-wide association studies in East Asians identify new genetic loci influencing metabolic traits.
GeneReviews: Not available
Overrepresentation of glutamate signaling in Alzheimer's disease: network-based pathway enrichment using meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.
GeneReviews: Not available
SORL1 is genetically associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Japanese, Koreans and Caucasians.
GeneReviews: Not available

Genomic context

Location:
19q13.32
Sequence:
Chromosome: 19; NC_000019.10 (44846297..44889223)
Total number of exons:
10

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