Hemicentin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HMCN1gene.[5][6]
This gene encodes a large extracellular member of the immunoglobulin superfamily. A similar protein in C. elegans forms long, fine tracks at specific extracellular sites that are involved in many processes such as stabilization of the germline syncytium, anchorage of mechanosensory neurons to the epidermis, and organization of hemidesmosomes in the epidermis. Mutations in this gene may be associated with age-related macular degeneration.[6]
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Seitsonen S, Lemmelä S, Holopainen J, et al. (2006). "Analysis of variants in the complement factor H, the elongation of very long chain fatty acids-like 4 and the hemicentin 1 genes of age-related macular degeneration in the Finnish population". Mol. Vis. 12: 796–801. PMID16885922.
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Fisher SA, Rivera A, Fritsche LG, et al. (2007). "Case-control genetic association study of fibulin-6 (FBLN6 or HMCN1) variants in age-related macular degeneration (AMD)". Hum. Mutat. 28 (4): 406–13. doi:10.1002/humu.20464. PMID17216616. S2CID8088362.
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