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GENE AND PROTEIN SUMMARY

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Gene name

CASP7

Description

caspase 7, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase

Protein class

Candidate cancer biomarkers, Enzymes, Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT, Peptidases

Protein evidence

Medium

Entrez gene summary

This gene encodes a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. Sequential activation of caspases plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes which undergo proteolytic processing at conserved aspartic residues to produce two subunits, large and small, that dimerize to form the active enzyme. The precursor of the encoded protein is cleaved by caspase 3 and 10, is activated upon cell death stimuli and induces apoptosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2012]

External links

Ensembl, UniProt, Entrez gene, neXtProt, Antibodypedia

No of splice variants

8 in total
0 with predicted TM region
0 with predicted signal peptide

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION SUMMARY

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Pending subcellular analysis

NORMAL TISSUE & ORGAN SUMMARY

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Staining summary

Most of the normal tissues displayed weak to moderate cytoplasmic and nuclear positivity. Strong staining was observed in the gastrointestinal tract, trophoblastic cells and Purkinje cells. The thyroid, muscle cells, spleen and most cells in CNS were negative.

Tissue specificity

Staining in 49 out of 81 cell types

Reliability (Single)

Antibodies in assay

CAB025563
 

Organ

No of cell types

Antibody staining

CNS (brain) 11
Hematopoietic (blood) 8
Liver and pancreas 5
Digestive (GI-tract) 13
Respiratory (lung) 4
Cardiovascular 1
Female tissues 13
Placenta 2
Male tissues 5
Urinary tract (kidney) 3
Skin and soft tissues 13
Endocrine tissues 3

Level of antibody staining





Strong
Moderate
Weak
Negative

CANCER TISSUE SUMMARY

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Staining summary

Antibody staining in 42% of the cancers

Antibodies in assay

CAB025563
 

Tissue

Cancer staining

Normal tissue
staining

Breast cancer
 
Carcinoid
 
Cervical cancer
 
 
Colorectal cancer
 
 
Endometrial cancer
 
 
Glioma
 
Head and neck cancer
 
 
Liver cancer
 
 
Lung cancer
 
 
Lymphoma
 
 
 

Tissue

Cancer staining

Normal tissue
staining

Melanoma
 
Ovarian cancer
 
Pancreatic cancer
 
Prostate cancer
 
Renal cancer
 
Skin cancer
 
Stomach cancer
 
 
Testis cancer
 
Thyroid cancer
 
Urothelial cancer
 

Level of antibody staining





Strong
Moderate
Weak
Negative

CELL LINE SUMMARY

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RNA evidence

High
 

Cell line

Cell origin

RNA abundance

IH staining

IF intensity

CAB025563

 

A-431 Skin Medium

-

A-549 Lung High

-

CACO-2 Colon Medium

-

HEK 293 Embryonal kidney High

-

HeLa Cervix Medium

-

Hep-G2 Liver High

-

MCF-7 Pleural effusion High

-

PC-3 Bone marrow Medium

-

RT-4 Urinary bladder Medium

-

U-2 OS Bone Medium

-

U-251 MG Brain Medium

-

ANTIBODY SUMMARY

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Antibody

Clonality

Validation

CAB025563 msAb