CLDN4

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Claudin 4
Identifiers
Symbols CLDN4; CPE-R; CPER; CPETR; CPETR1; WBSCR8; hCPE-R
External IDs OMIM: 602909 MGI: 1313314 HomoloGene: 1000
RNA expression pattern

More reference expression data
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 1364 12740
Ensembl ENSG00000189143 ENSMUSG00000047501
Uniprot O14493 Q3UM35
Refseq NM_001305 (mRNA)
NP_001296 (protein)		 NM_009903 (mRNA)
NP_034033 (protein)
Location Chr 7: 72.88 - 72.88 Mb Chr 5: 135.23 - 135.23 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

Claudin 4, also known as CLDN4, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CLDN4 gene. It belongs to the group of claudins.

This gene encodes an integral membrane protein, which belongs to the claudin family. The protein is a component of tight junction strands and may play a role in internal organ development and function during pre- and postnatal life. This gene is deleted in Williams-Beuren syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting multiple systems.1

References

  1. ^ "Entrez Gene: CLDN4 claudin 4".


Further reading

  • Kniesel U, Wolburg H (2000). "Tight junctions of the blood-brain barrier.". Cell. Mol. Neurobiol. 20 (1): 57–76. PMID 10690502. 
  • Heiskala M, Peterson PA, Yang Y (2001). "The roles of claudin superfamily proteins in paracellular transport.". Traffic 2 (2): 93–8. PMID 11247307. 
  • Tsukita S, Furuse M, Itoh M (2001). "Multifunctional strands in tight junctions.". Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 2 (4): 285–93. doi:10.1038/35067088. PMID 11283726. 
  • Tsukita S, Furuse M (2003). "Claudin-based barrier in simple and stratified cellular sheets.". Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 14 (5): 531–6. PMID 12231346. 
  • González-Mariscal L, Betanzos A, Nava P, Jaramillo BE (2003). "Tight junction proteins.". Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 81 (1): 1–44. PMID 12475568. 
  • Katahira J, Inoue N, Horiguchi Y, et al. (1997). "Molecular cloning and functional characterization of the receptor for Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin.". J. Cell Biol. 136 (6): 1239–47. PMID 9087440. 
  • Katahira J, Sugiyama H, Inoue N, et al. (1997). "Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin utilizes two structurally related membrane proteins as functional receptors in vivo.". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (42): 26652–8. PMID 9334247. 
  • Paperna T, Peoples R, Wang YK, et al. (1999). "Genes for the CPE receptor (CPETR1) and the human homolog of RVP1 (CPETR2) are localized within the Williams-Beuren syndrome deletion.". Genomics 54 (3): 453–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5619. PMID 9878248. 
  • Morita K, Furuse M, Fujimoto K, Tsukita S (1999). "Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 (2): 511–6. PMID 9892664. 
  • Itoh M, Furuse M, Morita K, et al. (2000). "Direct binding of three tight junction-associated MAGUKs, ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3, with the COOH termini of claudins.". J. Cell Biol. 147 (6): 1351–63. PMID 10601346. 
  • 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. 
  • Colegio OR, Van Itallie C, Rahner C, Anderson JM (2003). "Claudin extracellular domains determine paracellular charge selectivity and resistance but not tight junction fibril architecture.". Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol. 284 (6): C1346–54. doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00547.2002. PMID 12700140. 
  • Katoh M, Katoh M (2004). "CLDN23 gene, frequently down-regulated in intestinal-type gastric cancer, is a novel member of CLAUDIN gene family.". Int. J. Mol. Med. 11 (6): 683–9. PMID 12736707. 
  • Hillier LW, Fulton RS, Fulton LA, et al. (2003). "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 7.". Nature 424 (6945): 157–64. doi:10.1038/nature01782. PMID 12853948. 
  • Michl P, Barth C, Buchholz M, et al. (2003). "Claudin-4 expression decreases invasiveness and metastatic potential of pancreatic cancer.". Cancer Res. 63 (19): 6265–71. PMID 14559813. 
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