Table 2.

Selected genes with potential importance in myeloma biology


Gene

Other names

Chromosomal location

Function

Involvement/role in other cancers
MD-2  Lymphocyte antigen 96   8q13.3   Immune response, NFκB activation   Immune modulation  
RING1  Ring finger protein 1  6p21.3   Transcriptional repressor, polycomb protein complex   Mantle cell lymphoma, acute leukemia  
PAK-3  P21 (CDKN1A)-activated kinase-3   Xq22.3-q23   Serine threonine kinase activated by CDC42, Rac   Breast  
RAN  RAS-related nuclear protein  6p21  Small GTP-binding protein, translocation of RNA and protein through nuclear complex   Teratocarcinoma  
RAD51  Rec A homologue   15q15.1   Homologous recombination   Breast, lung, pancrease, CLL  
DAD1  Defender against death 1   14q11-q12   Antiapoptotic   Hepatocellular carcinoma  
TNFR17
 
BCMA
 
16p13.1
 
B-cell maturation
 
B-cell malignancies
 

Gene

Other names

Chromosomal location

Function

Involvement/role in other cancers
MD-2  Lymphocyte antigen 96   8q13.3   Immune response, NFκB activation   Immune modulation  
RING1  Ring finger protein 1  6p21.3   Transcriptional repressor, polycomb protein complex   Mantle cell lymphoma, acute leukemia  
PAK-3  P21 (CDKN1A)-activated kinase-3   Xq22.3-q23   Serine threonine kinase activated by CDC42, Rac   Breast  
RAN  RAS-related nuclear protein  6p21  Small GTP-binding protein, translocation of RNA and protein through nuclear complex   Teratocarcinoma  
RAD51  Rec A homologue   15q15.1   Homologous recombination   Breast, lung, pancrease, CLL  
DAD1  Defender against death 1   14q11-q12   Antiapoptotic   Hepatocellular carcinoma  
TNFR17
 
BCMA
 
16p13.1
 
B-cell maturation
 
B-cell malignancies
 

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