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

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.