Gene: GPNMB

Alternate names for this Gene: HGFIN|NMB|PLCA3

Gene Summary: The protein encoded by this gene is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein which shows homology to the pMEL17 precursor, a melanocyte-specific protein. GPNMB shows expression in the lowly metastatic human melanoma cell lines and xenografts but does not show expression in the highly metastatic cell lines. GPNMB may be involved in growth delay and reduction of metastatic potential. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Gene is located in Chromosome: 7

Location in Chromosome : 7p15.3

Description of this Gene: glycoprotein nmb

Type of Gene: protein-coding

rs10250602 in GPNMB gene and Blood Protein Measurement PMID 29875488 2018 Genomic atlas of the human plasma proteome.

PMID 30072576 2018 Co-regulatory networks of human serum proteins link genetics to disease.

rs75801644 in GPNMB gene and Endometriosis PMID 28881265 2017 New variants near RHOJ and C2, HLA-DRA region and susceptibility to endometriosis in the Polish population-The genome-wide association study.

rs199347 in GPNMB gene and Parkinson Disease PMID 25064009 2014 Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease.

PMID 28892059 2017 A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 17 new Parkinson's disease risk loci.