DLGAP1-AS2 Gene

Name DLGAP1 antisense RNA 2
Description Biomarker of hepatocellular carcinoma. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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By hampering Six3’s binding to the Wnt1 promoter, DLGAP1‐AS2 relieves the suppression on Wnt1, thereby activating the Wnt/β‑catenin signaling pathway and promoting malignant transformation."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "6"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n \n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n In addition to its well‐documented roles in these solid tumors, DLGAP1‐AS2 has also been incorporated into multi‐gene prognostic risk models in osteosarcoma"}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "8"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": ", lung adenocarcinoma"}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "9"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": ", renal cell carcinoma"}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "10"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": ", and Wilms’ tumor."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "11"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " It is also implicated during the colorectal adenoma‐carcinoma transition."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "12"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": " Notably, recent findings in rectal cancer stem cells have demonstrated that upregulated DLGAP1‐AS2 enhances radioresistance by interacting with E2F1 to upregulate CD151 expression via activation of the AKT/mTOR/cyclin D1 pathway."}, {"type": "fg", "children": [{"type": "fg_f", "ref": "13"}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n "}]}, {"type": "t", "text": "\n \n "}, {"type": "p", "children": [{"type": "t", "text": "\n Collectively, these studies reveal that DLGAP1‐AS2 functions as a central oncogenic regulator that modulates multiple signaling pathways. 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NCBI Gene ID 84777
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Predicted Functions View DLGAP1-AS2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
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Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View DLGAP1-AS2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

DLGAP1-AS2 has 759 functional associations with biological entities spanning 4 categories (organism, disease, phenotype or trait, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 10 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Prenatal Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles tissues with high or low expression of DLGAP1-AS2 gene relative to other tissues from the Allen Brain Atlas Prenatal Human Brain Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations cell types associated with DLGAP1-AS2 gene from the CellMarker Gene-Cell Type Associations dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Diseases disease perturbations changing expression of DLGAP1-AS2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Diseases dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations gene perturbations changing expression of DLGAP1-AS2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Transcription Factor Perturbations transcription factor perturbations changing expression of DLGAP1-AS2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Transcription Factor Perturbations dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Viral Infections virus perturbations changing expression of DLGAP1-AS2 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Viral Infections dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles tissues with high or low expression of DLGAP1-AS2 gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
GTEx Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of DLGAP1-AS2 gene relative to other tissue samples from the GTEx Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of DLGAP1-AS2 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene Expression Profiles cell lines with high or low expression of DLGAP1-AS2 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene Expression Profiles dataset.