CD7

CD7 molecule
Identifiers
SymbolsCD7 ; GP40; LEU-9; TP41; Tp40
External IDsOMIM: 186820 MGI: 88344 HomoloGene: 4471 GeneCards: CD7 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez92412516
EnsemblENSG00000173762ENSMUSG00000025163
UniProtP09564P50283
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_006137NM_009854
RefSeq (protein)NP_006128NP_033984
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
80.27 – 80.28 Mb
Chr 11:
121.04 – 121.04 Mb
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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".
  2. Lee DM, Patel DD, Pendergast AM, Haynes BF (Aug 1996). "Functional association of CD7 with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase: interaction via a YEDM motif". Int. Immunol. 8 (8): 1195–203. doi:10.1093/intimm/8.8.1195. PMID 8918688.
  3. Subrahmanyam G, Rudd CE, Schneider H (Jan 2003). "Association of T cell antigen CD7 with type II phosphatidylinositol-4 kinase, a key component in pathways of inositol phosphate turnover". Eur. J. Immunol. 33 (1): 46–52. doi:10.1002/immu.200390006. PMID 12594831.
  4. Yasuko H, Hideto T, Mariko I, Namiko O, Asaka K, Keiichi M et al. (2013). "CD7 Expression On Blasts Of Myelodysplastic Syndromes Is Associated With Apoptosis Resistance With Decreased Expression Of The Proapoptotic Protein Bad and An Independent Unfavorable Prognostic Factor Together With The Revised IPSS Score In Patients". Blood 122 (21): 2799.
  5. Stevens SR, Baron ED, Masten S, Cooper KD (2002). "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". Arch Dermatol 138 (10): 1347–50. doi:10.1001/archderm.138.10.1347. PMID 12374541.

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