CLDN18

CLDN18
Identifiers
Aliases CLDN18, SFTA5, SFTPJ, claudin 18
External IDs MGI: 1929209 HomoloGene: 9489 GeneCards: CLDN18
RNA expression pattern




More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

51208

56492

Ensembl

ENSG00000066405

ENSMUSG00000032473

UniProt

P56856

P56857

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016369
NM_001002026

NM_001194921
NM_001194922
NM_001194923
NM_019815

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001002026.1
NP_057453.1

NP_001181850.1
NP_001181851.1
NP_001181852.1
NP_062789.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 138 – 138.03 Mb Chr 9: 99.69 – 99.72 Mb
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Claudin-18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN18 gene.[3] It belongs to the group of claudins.

CLDN18 belongs to the large claudin family of proteins, which form tight junction strands in epithelial cells .[4] [supplied by OMIM][3]

Clinical significance

Isoform 2 (Claudin 18.2) is abundant in gastric tumors.[5]

Experimental antibody IMAB362 targets Claudin 18.2 to help treat gastric cancers.[5]

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