LIN28B

lin-28 RNA binding posttranscriptional regulator B

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the lin-28 family, which is characterized by the presence of a cold-shock domain and a pair of CCHC zinc finger domains. This gene is highly expressed in testis, fetal liver, placenta, and in primary human tumors and cancer cell lines. It is negatively regulated by microRNAs that target sites in the 3' UTR, and overexpression of this gene in primary tumors is linked to the repression of let-7 family of microRNAs and derepression of let-7 targets, which facilitates cellular transformation. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2012]

Known Variants35 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs20958126:105,383,978C/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs122073996:105,385,612G/Aintron variant—
rs77663366:105,388,405T/Gregulatory region variant—
rs125281316:105,389,104A/C——
rs14751206:105,389,953G/Aregulatory region variant—
rs3142656:105,390,567C/Tupstream gene variant—
rs3142646:105,392,382A/Cupstream gene variant—
rs3142636:105,392,745C/Tupstream gene variant—
rs3142816:105,400,605T/G——
rs3142806:105,400,837A/Gregulatory region variant—
rs3142796:105,402,083C/G——
rs121949746:105,404,198G/Aregulatory region variant—
rs563393186:105,404,562A/Cregulatory region variant—
rs3863523256:105,405,130C/A—uncertain significance
rs170654176:105,406,274A/Cregulatory region variant—
rs3142776:105,407,662A/T——
rs3142766:105,407,999A/G——
rs3142686:105,417,978G/T——
rs5462227056:105,437,470T/G——
rs3142836:105,439,336T/Cintron variant—
rs3646636:105,443,189T/Aintron variant—
rs3690656:105,444,058C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs3142616:105,453,417A/Cintron variant—
rs3142736:105,461,882T/C——
rs1605936:105,466,332G/T——
rs2216186:105,472,320G/Aintron variant—
rs1866805436:105,474,231C/T—uncertain significance
rs7709629306:105,474,316C/T—benign
rs69021426:105,479,558A/Gintron variant—
rs359653756:105,511,521G/A——
rs12555514126:105,526,389G/A—uncertain significance
rs2017165976:105,526,426C/T—likely benign
rs15621168136:105,526,491G/A—uncertain significance
rs1504526366:105,526,519C/T—uncertain significance
rs8670349566:105,526,554C/T—likely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.