WNT2

Wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 2, also known as WNT2, is a human gene.

WNT2
Identifiers
Aliases	WNT2, INT1L1, IRP, Wnt family member 2
External IDs	OMIM: 147870; MGI: 98954; HomoloGene: 20719; GeneCards: WNT2; OMA:WNT2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 7 (human) Band 7q31.2 Start 117,275,451 bp End 117,323,152 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 6 (mouse) Band 6 A2|6 8.08 cM Start 17,988,939 bp End 18,030,584 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in stromal cell of endometrium placenta lower lobe of lung upper lobe of left lung testicle right lung gonad visceral pleura decidua amniotic fluid Top expressed in prostatic urethra septum transversum muscle layer of urethra lamina propria of prostatic urethra abdominal wall left lung lobe sinus venosus umbilical cord primordial ventricle lamina propria of vagina More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function frizzled binding signaling receptor binding cytokine activity protein binding receptor ligand activity Cellular component cytoplasm extracellular matrix Wnt signalosome plasma membrane extracellular region extracellular space extrinsic component of external side of plasma membrane collagen-containing extracellular matrix Biological process positive regulation of mesenchymal cell proliferation positive regulation of cardiac muscle cell proliferation positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation mammary gland epithelium development lung development cell-cell signaling multicellular organism development positive regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity neurogenesis lens development in camera-type eye cardiac epithelial to mesenchymal transition lung induction cellular response to retinoic acid iris morphogenesis cellular response to transforming growth factor beta stimulus positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation involved in lung morphogenesis positive regulation of cell population proliferation positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II cell fate commitment labyrinthine layer blood vessel development positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation atrial cardiac muscle tissue morphogenesis positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway canonical Wnt signaling pathway neuron differentiation midbrain dopaminergic neuron differentiation canonical Wnt signaling pathway involved in midbrain dopaminergic neuron differentiation Wnt signaling pathway regulation of signaling receptor activity cell proliferation in midbrain Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 7472 22413 Ensembl ENSG00000105989 ENSMUSG00000010797 UniProt P09544 P21552 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003391 NM_023653 RefSeq (protein) NP_003382 NP_076142 Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 117.28 – 117.32 Mb Chr 6: 17.99 – 18.03 Mb PubMed search
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This gene is a member of the WNT gene family. The WNT gene family consists of structurally related genes that encode secreted signaling proteins involved in the Wnt signaling pathway. These proteins have been implicated in oncogenesis and in several developmental processes, including regulation of cell fate and patterning during embryogenesis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been identified for this gene.

Further reading

• Katoh M (2003). "WNT2 and human gastrointestinal cancer (review)". Int. J. Mol. Med. 12 (5): 811–6. doi:10.3892/ijmm.12.5.811. PMID 14533014.
• Li J, Nguyen L, Gleason C, et al. (2004). "Lack of evidence for an association between WNT2 and RELN polymorphisms and autism". Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet. 126B (1): 51–7. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.20122. PMID 15048648. S2CID 19378694.
• Pu P, Zhang Z, Kang C, et al. (2009). "Downregulation of Wnt2 and beta-catenin by siRNA suppresses malignant glioma cell growth". Cancer Gene Ther. 16 (4): 351–61. doi:10.1038/cgt.2008.78. PMID 18949017.
• Kodo K, Nishizawa T, Furutani M, et al. (2009). "GATA6 mutations cause human cardiac outflow tract defects by disrupting semaphorin-plexin signaling". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106 (33): 13933–8. Bibcode:2009PNAS..10613933K. doi:10.1073/pnas.0904744106. PMC 2728998. PMID 19666519.
• Clément G, Braunschweig R, Pasquier N, et al. (2006). "Alterations of the Wnt signaling pathway during the neoplastic progression of Barrett's esophagus". Oncogene. 25 (21): 3084–92. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1209338. PMID 16407829.
• Park JK, Song JH, He TC, et al. (2009). "Overexpression of Wnt-2 in colorectal cancers". Neoplasma. 56 (2): 119–23. doi:10.4149/neo_2009_02_119. PMID 19239325.
• Flahaut M, Meier R, Coulon A, et al. (2009). "The Wnt receptor FZD1 mediates chemoresistance in neuroblastoma through activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway". Oncogene. 28 (23): 2245–56. doi:10.1038/onc.2009.80. PMID 19421142. S2CID 205531490.
• Liu ZL, Li Y, Kong QY, et al. (2008). "Immunohistochemical profiling of Wnt, NF-kappaB, Stat3 and Notch signaling in human epidermal tumors". J. Dermatol. Sci. 52 (2): 133–6. doi:10.1016/j.jdermsci.2008.06.011. PMID 18703315.
• Kloth JN, Fleuren GJ, Oosting J, et al. (2005). "Substantial changes in gene expression of Wnt, MAPK and TNFalpha pathways induced by TGF-beta1 in cervical cancer cell lines". Carcinogenesis. 26 (9): 1493–502. doi:10.1093/carcin/bgi110. PMID 15878915.
• Mazieres J, You L, He B, et al. (2005). "Wnt2 as a new therapeutic target in malignant pleural mesothelioma". Int. J. Cancer. 117 (2): 326–32. doi:10.1002/ijc.21160. PMID 15900580. S2CID 23153113.
• Wang HX, Tekpetey FR, Kidder GM (2009). "Identification of WNT/beta-CATENIN signaling pathway components in human cumulus cells". Mol. Hum. Reprod. 15 (1): 11–7. doi:10.1093/molehr/gan070. PMID 19038973.
• Han JC, Zhang KL, Chen XY, et al. (2007). "Expression of seven gastric cancer-associated genes and its relevance for Wnt, NF-kappaB and Stat3 signaling". APMIS. 115 (12): 1331–43. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0643.2007.00695.x. PMID 18184402. S2CID 42263784.
• Planutis K, Planutiene M, Moyer MP, et al. (2007). "Regulation of norrin receptor frizzled-4 by Wnt2 in colon-derived cells". BMC Cell Biol. 8: 12. doi:10.1186/1471-2121-8-12. PMC 1847812. PMID 17386109.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
• Cheng XX, Wang ZC, Chen XY, et al. (2005). "Frequent loss of membranous E-cadherin in gastric cancers: A cross-talk with Wnt in determining the fate of beta-catenin". Clin. Exp. Metastasis. 22 (1): 85–93. doi:10.1007/s10585-005-4578-8. PMID 16132582. S2CID 20775755.
• Shi Y, He B, Kuchenbecker KM, et al. (2007). "Inhibition of Wnt-2 and galectin-3 synergistically destabilizes beta-catenin and induces apoptosis in human colorectal cancer cells". Int. J. Cancer. 121 (6): 1175–81. doi:10.1002/ijc.22848. PMID 17534895. S2CID 23180009.
• Cheng XX, Wang ZC, Chen XY, et al. (2005). "Correlation of Wnt-2 expression and beta-catenin intracellular accumulation in Chinese gastric cancers: relevance with tumour dissemination". Cancer Lett. 223 (2): 339–47. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2004.11.013. PMID 15896469.
• Ma XR, Edmund Sim UH, Pauline B, et al. (2008). "Overexpression of WNT2 and TSG101 genes in colorectal carcinoma". Tropical Biomedicine. 25 (1): 46–57. PMID 18600204.
• de Krom M, Staal WG, Ophoff RA, et al. (2009). "A common variant in DRD3 receptor is associated with autism spectrum disorder". Biol. Psychiatry. 65 (7): 625–30. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.09.035. PMID 19058789. S2CID 11545813.

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