This gene encodes a cell surface receptor necessary for cellular iron uptake by the process of receptor-mediated endocytosis. This receptor is required for erythropoiesis and neurologic development. Multiple alternatively spliced variants have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Gscore (Amp):
0.55
Gscore (Del):
0.14
Recurrently amplified in 2 cancer type(s)
Recurrently deleted in 1 cancer type(s)
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Mscore:
0.03
Recurrently mutated in 1 cancer type(s)
Overall
Tissue specific
Total fusion occurrence:
5
Fusions detected in 4 cancer type(s)
Overall
Tissue specific
COMMON ESSENTIAL
Functional class:
Not specified
JensenLab PubMed score:
2558.28 (Percentile rank: 98.46%)
PubTator score:
1690.68 (Percentile rank: 97.93%)
Target development/druggability level:
TbioThese targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities that satisfy the activity thresholds detailed below AND satisfy one or more of the following criteria: 1) target is above the cutoff criteria for Tdark; 2) target is annotated with a Gene Ontology Molecular Function or Biological Process leaf term(s) with an Experimental Evidence code.
Tractability (small molecule):
Predicted TractableTargets with a predicted Ro5 druggable domain (druggable genome); Targets with a drugEBIlity score equal or greater than 0
Tractability (antibody):
Clinical PrecedenceTargets with drugs in phase II or above; Pre-clinical targets
