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

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.