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/Auncertain significance
rs1383968454:81,188,061C/Tuncertain significance
rs10282016564:81,188,062C/Tlikely benign
rs5278797944:81,188,084G/Auncertain significance
rs2002860544:81,188,123A/Guncertain significance
rs356262754:81,188,185C/Tlikely benign
rs7653280754:81,188,214T/Guncertain significance
rs1124753474:81,188,221G/Tlikely benign
rs1419095144:81,188,288T/Cuncertain significance
rs3738788964:81,188,317C/Guncertain significance
rs347836204:81,191,853C/Tintron variant
rs357572174:81,193,501T/Cintron variant
rs343832344:81,195,856T/Cintron variant
rs9316309824:81,196,105T/Cuncertain significance
rs2004728894:81,196,113G/Auncertain significance
rs10356261574:81,196,135C/Tuncertain significance
rs5877775794:81,196,167pathogenic
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/Tuncertain significance
rs5877775814:81,207,539T/Cmissense variantpathogenic
rs1450325064:81,207,542G/Tuncertain significance
rs24760335274:81,207,564A/Guncertain significance
rs7769170114:81,207,569A/Cuncertain significance
rs2015579464:81,207,618G/Auncertain significance
rs5730548584:81,207,629C/Tuncertain significance
rs7633067554:81,207,641C/Auncertain significance
rs1840342464:81,207,708C/Tuncertain significance
rs7526234884:81,207,757G/Cuncertain significance
rs7704500454:81,207,776C/Tuncertain significance
rs3718664084:81,207,832C/Tlikely benign
rs37333364:81,207,963A/Gregulatory region variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.