MFGE8

milk fat globule EGF and factor V/VIII domain containing

Summary

This gene encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to form multiple protein products. The major encoded protein product, lactadherin, is a membrane glycoprotein that promotes phagocytosis of apoptotic cells. This protein has also been implicated in wound healing, autoimmune disease, and cancer. Lactadherin can be further processed to form a smaller cleavage product, medin, which comprises the major protein component of aortic medial amyloid (AMA). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2015]

Known Variants47 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs14737252115:89,442,635C/Tbenign
rs13952615315:89,442,697G/Auncertain significance
rs77598427215:89,442,711G/Auncertain significance
rs14728683415:89,442,723T/Auncertain significance
rs250548750215:89,442,738T/Cuncertain significance
rs93237811615:89,442,751T/Cuncertain significance
rs37326746315:89,442,937C/Tuncertain significance
rs250549006615:89,442,999T/Guncertain significance
rs97925959415:89,444,792T/Auncertain significance
rs75354693815:89,444,823C/Guncertain significance
rs14909616215:89,444,912G/Auncertain significance
rs250550750115:89,444,931T/Guncertain significance
rs78159187115:89,444,957T/Cuncertain significance
rs37572787515:89,444,961C/Tuncertain significance
rs11167298815:89,445,144G/Aintron variant
rs14827992215:89,448,988C/Tlikely benign
rs18829715315:89,449,010C/Tbenign
rs20099398915:89,449,018G/Auncertain significance
rs37113723515:89,449,032G/Auncertain significance
rs77152705715:89,449,036G/Auncertain significance
rs75301646315:89,449,060C/Tuncertain significance
rs159619639415:89,449,115C/Guncertain significance
rs76910889215:89,449,895C/Tlikely benign
rs14941217815:89,449,925A/Cuncertain significance
rs37122797815:89,449,954C/Tbenign
rs77897492615:89,449,955G/Auncertain significance
rs77660617515:89,449,997G/Auncertain significance
rs187832815:89,450,312T/A
rs14451582915:89,450,468A/Gbenign
rs75188243115:89,450,474C/Glikely benign
rs11222222615:89,450,503C/Guncertain significance
rs1290946315:89,450,911A/Gintron variant
rs7747230415:89,453,014C/Gbenign
rs37049262015:89,453,045G/Alikely benign
rs3592161815:89,453,047A/Tuncertain significance
rs189887239415:89,453,050C/Tuncertain significance
rs13808088515:89,453,060C/Tbenign
rs14585176815:89,453,073G/Auncertain significance
rs76411862615:89,453,128T/Cuncertain significance
rs77443325215:89,453,137G/Cuncertain significance
rs14311704915:89,453,152T/Cbenign
rs52724778715:89,454,059G/C
rs3423909515:89,455,768C/Gregulatory region variant
rs116614010315:89,456,487C/Auncertain significance
rs75110313915:89,456,509C/Tlikely benign
rs98306585115:89,456,517C/Tuncertain significance
rs90878445515:89,456,527G/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.