Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 51316
Gene name Placenta associated 8
Gene symbol PLAC8
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
C15DGICPNAS-144onzin
Chromosome 4
Chromosome location 4q21.22
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT694987 hsa-miR-1285-5p HITS-CLIP 23313552
MIRT694986 hsa-miR-939-3p HITS-CLIP 23313552
MIRT694985 hsa-miR-1285-3p HITS-CLIP 23313552
MIRT694984 hsa-miR-3187-5p HITS-CLIP 23313552
MIRT694983 hsa-miR-5189-5p HITS-CLIP 23313552
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0003682 Function Chromatin binding IEA
GO:0005576 Component Extracellular region TAS
GO:0006366 Process Transcription by RNA polymerase II IEA
GO:0008284 Process Positive regulation of cell population proliferation IEA
GO:0009409 Process Response to cold IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607515 19254 ENSG00000145287
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q9NZF1
Protein name Placenta-specific gene 8 protein (Protein C15)
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF04749 PLAC8 26 105 PLAC8 family Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed at high levels in plasmacytoid dendritic cells. High expression in spleen, lymph nodes, peripheral blood leukocytes, and bone marrow, with lower expression in thymus, appendix, and fetal liver.
Sequence
Sequence length 115
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Neutrophil degranulation
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder) Lung adenocarcinoma BEFREE 31620204
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
ANOPHTHALMIA AND PULMONARY HYPOPLASIA Syndromic microphthalmia BEFREE 26669866
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT 1 Atrial Septal Defect BEFREE 30404814
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Atrial Septal Defects Atrial Septal Defect BEFREE 30404814
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism Spectrum Disorder BEFREE 30404814
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Breast Carcinoma Breast Carcinoma BEFREE 31448883
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Breast Neoplasms Breast neoplasm Pubtator 36543379 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Carcinogenesis Carcinogenesis Pubtator 36543379 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Hepatocellular carcinoma Pubtator 15826317 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Hepatocellular carcinoma Pubtator 37209778 Inhibit
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only