Cadherin-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CDH6 gene.[1][2][3]
This gene encodes a type II classical cadherin from the cadherin superfamily. The encoded membrane protein is a calcium dependent cell-cell adhesion glycoprotein composed of five extracellular cadherin repeats, a transmembrane region and a highly conserved cytoplasmic tail. Cadherins mediate cell-cell binding in a homophilic manner, contributing to the sorting of heterogeneous cell types and the maintenance of orderly structures such as epithelium. Strong transcriptional expression of this gene has been observed in hepatocellular and renal carcinoma cell lines, suggesting a possible role in metastasis and invasion.[3]
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- Paul R, Ewing CM, Robinson JC, et al. (1997). "Cadherin-6, a cell adhesion molecule specifically expressed in the proximal renal tubule and renal cell carcinoma.". Cancer Res. 57 (13): 2741–8. PMID 9205085.
- Getsios S, Chen GT, Stephenson MD, et al. (1998). "Regulated expression of cadherin-6 and cadherin-11 in the glandular epithelial and stromal cells of the human endometrium.". Dev. Dyn. 211 (3): 238–47. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199803)211:3<238::AID-AJA5>3.0.CO;2-I. PMID 9520111.
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- Shimoyama Y, Takeda H, Yoshihara S, et al. (1999). "Biochemical characterization and functional analysis of two type II classic cadherins, cadherin-6 and -14, and comparison with E-cadherin.". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (17): 11987–94. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.17.11987. PMID 10207020.
- Shimoyama Y, Tsujimoto G, Kitajima M, Natori M (2001). "Identification of three human type-II classic cadherins and frequent heterophilic interactions between different subclasses of type-II classic cadherins.". Biochem. J. 349 (Pt 1): 159–67. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3490159. PMID 10861224.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.
- 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. PMID 15489334.
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- Liu T, Qian WJ, Gritsenko MA, et al. (2006). "Human plasma N-glycoproteome analysis by immunoaffinity subtraction, hydrazide chemistry, and mass spectrometry.". J. Proteome Res. 4 (6): 2070–80. doi:10.1021/pr0502065. PMID 16335952.
- Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes.". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMID 16344560.
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