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Gene Symbol NCOA4
Synonyms ARA70 | ELE1 | PTC3 | RFG
Gene Description NCOA4, nuclear receptor coactivator 4, is an androgen receptor coactivator (PMID: 15166229) and autophagy receptor that degrades ferritin complexes (PMID: 31061094) and plays a role in iron homeostasis (PMID: 30930742). NCOA4 fusions are frequently observed with RET in papillary thyroid carcinoma (also referred to as RET/PTC3) (PMID: 25731779) and have been reported in salivary intraductal carcinoma (PMID: 31162284), spindle cell tumors (PMID: 30938880), breast cancer (PMID: 30446652), colorectal cancer (PMID: 30210625), and lung cancer (PMID: 30038711).
NCBI Gene ID Chromosome Map Location Canonical Transcript Gene Role
8031 10 10q11.22 NM_005437 Tumor suppressor (PMID: 30606230)
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