FGF5

fibroblast growth factor 5

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. FGF family members possess broad mitogenic and cell survival activities, and are involved in a variety of biological processes, including embryonic development, cell growth, morphogenesis, tissue repair, tumor growth and invasion. This gene was identified as an oncogene, which confers transforming potential when transfected into mammalian cells. Targeted disruption of the homolog of this gene in mouse resulted in the phenotype of abnormally long hair, which suggested a function as an inhibitor of hair elongation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants34 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs11821786774:81,188,042G/A—uncertain significance
rs1383968454:81,188,061C/T—uncertain significance
rs10282016564:81,188,062C/T—likely benign
rs5278797944:81,188,084G/A—uncertain significance
rs2002860544:81,188,123A/G—uncertain significance
rs356262754:81,188,185C/T—likely benign
rs7653280754:81,188,214T/G—uncertain significance
rs1124753474:81,188,221G/T—likely benign
rs1419095144:81,188,288T/C—uncertain significance
rs3738788964:81,188,317C/G—uncertain significance
rs347836204:81,191,853C/Tintron variant—
rs357572174:81,193,501T/Cintron variant—
rs343832344:81,195,856T/Cintron variant—
rs9316309824:81,196,105T/C—uncertain significance
rs2004728894:81,196,113G/A—uncertain significance
rs10356261574:81,196,135C/T—uncertain significance
rs5877775794:81,196,167——pathogenic
rs726583654:81,199,371T/Cintron variant—
rs1814092124:81,203,939G/Tintron variant—
rs76819074:81,205,868G/Aintron variant—
rs46901164:81,206,377T/Aintron variant—
rs3682048134:81,207,495A/T—uncertain significance
rs5877775814:81,207,539T/Cmissense variantpathogenic
rs1450325064:81,207,542G/T—uncertain significance
rs24760335274:81,207,564A/G—uncertain significance
rs7769170114:81,207,569A/C—uncertain significance
rs2015579464:81,207,618G/A—uncertain significance
rs5730548584:81,207,629C/T—uncertain significance
rs7633067554:81,207,641C/A—uncertain significance
rs1840342464:81,207,708C/T—uncertain significance
rs7526234884:81,207,757G/C—uncertain significance
rs7704500454:81,207,776C/T—uncertain significance
rs3718664084:81,207,832C/T—likely benign
rs37333364:81,207,963A/Gregulatory region variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.