Prostate stem cell antigen is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PSCAgene.[5][6]
This gene encodes a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cell membrane glycoprotein. In addition to being highly expressed in the prostate it is also expressed in the bladder, placenta, colon, kidney, and stomach. This gene has a nonsynonymous nucleotide polymorphism at its start codon.[6]
Clinical significance[]
This gene is up-regulated in a large proportion of prostate cancers and is also detected in cancers of the bladder and pancreas.[6]
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