CLDN23

claudin 23

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the claudin family. Claudins are integral membrane proteins and components of tight junction strands. Tight junction strands serve as a physical barrier to prevent solutes and water from passing freely through the paracellular space between epithelial or endothelial cell sheets, and also play critical roles in maintaining cell polarity and signal transductions. This gene is expressed in germinal center B-cells, placenta and stomach as well as in colon tumor. This gene is down-regulated in intestinal type gastric cancer. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2010]

Known Variants25 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs12023415458:8,559,940T/C—uncertain significance
rs7522488038:8,559,949C/T—uncertain significance
rs18027547188:8,559,971C/G—uncertain significance
rs7529306608:8,560,006T/G—uncertain significance
rs13219563928:8,560,012G/A—uncertain significance
rs3695770878:8,560,083C/T—uncertain significance
rs3732710978:8,560,084G/A—uncertain significance
rs2015136998:8,560,176G/A—likely benign
rs3686449398:8,560,237A/G—uncertain significance
rs7706082338:8,560,242G/A—uncertain significance
rs18027788798:8,560,290G/A—likely benign
rs7628924118:8,560,366C/T—uncertain significance
rs24863826658:8,560,368G/T—uncertain significance
rs7675311948:8,560,392C/G—uncertain significance
rs13228433208:8,560,419C/A—uncertain significance
rs9236267208:8,560,459G/C—uncertain significance
rs12058758618:8,560,500G/A—uncertain significance
rs11886493508:8,560,587G/A—uncertain significance
rs22805608:8,560,602C/Tcoding sequence variant—
rs9352248158:8,560,617C/A—uncertain significance
rs7457306868:8,560,651C/G—uncertain significance
rs7529304778:8,560,695G/A—uncertain significance
rs10259343678:8,560,701G/T—uncertain significance
rs112498838:8,561,537G/Acoding sequence variant—
rs112498858:8,562,008C/A——

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.