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/Auncertain 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/Tuncertain significance
rs7709629306:105,474,316C/Tbenign
rs69021426:105,479,558A/Gintron variant
rs359653756:105,511,521G/A
rs12555514126:105,526,389G/Auncertain significance
rs2017165976:105,526,426C/Tlikely benign
rs15621168136:105,526,491G/Auncertain significance
rs1504526366:105,526,519C/Tuncertain significance
rs8670349566:105,526,554C/Tlikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.