forkhead box C2 (MFH-1, mesenchyme forkhead 1)
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Identifiers
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Symbol
| FOXC2
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Alt. Symbols
| FKHL14
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Entrez
| 2303
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HUGO
| 3801
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OMIM
| 602402
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RefSeq
| NM_005251
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UniProt
| Q99958
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Other data
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Locus
| Chr. 16 q22-16q24
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FOXC2 is a gene associated with lymphedema distichiasis, and that has been studied to determine if it is associated with varicose veins.
Additional recommended knowledge
FOXC2 is also involved in cancer metastases. Particularly, expression of FOXC2 is induced when epithelial cells undergo an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and become mesenchymal looking cells. EMT can be induced by a number of genes including Snail, Twist, Goosecoid, and TGF-beta 1. Suppression of FOXC2 expression using shRNA in a highly metastatic breast cancer model blocks their metastatic ability.
Further reading
- Ng M, Andrew T, Spector T, Jeffery S (2005). "Linkage to the FOXC2 region of chromosome 16 for varicose veins in otherwise healthy, unselected sibling pairs.". J Med Genet 42 (3): 235-9. PMID 15744037.
- Sendurai A. Mani, Jing Yang, Mary Brooks, Gunda Schwaninger, Alicia Zhou, Naoyuki Miura, Jeffery L. Kutok, Kimberly Hartwell, Andrea L. Richardson, and Robert A. Weinberg (2007). "Mesenchyme Forkhead 1 (FOXC2) plays a key role in metastasis and is associated with aggressive basal-like breast cancers.". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (24): 10069-74. PMID 17537911.
Transcription factors and intracellular receptors |
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(1) Basic domains |
(1.1) Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) |
Activating transcription factor (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) • AP-1 (c-Fos, FOSB, FOSL1, FOSL2, c-Jun, JUNB, JUND) • BACH (1, 2) • C/EBP (α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ) • CREB (1, 3) • GABPA • MAF (B, F, G, K) • NRL • NRF1 • XBP1 |
(1.2) Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) |
ATOH1 • AhR • AHRR • ARNT • ASCL1 • BMAL (ARNTL, ARNTL2) • CLOCK • HIF (1A, 3A) • Myogenic regulatory factors (MyoD, Myogenin, MYF5, MYF6) • NEUROD1 • Twist • USF1 |
(1.3) bHLH-ZIP |
Myc • MITF • SREBP (1, 2) |
(1.6) Basic helix-span-helix (bHSH) |
AP-2 |
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(2) Zinc finger DNA-binding domains |
(2.1) Nuclear receptor (Cys4) |
subfamily 1 (Thyroid hormone (α, β), CAR, FXR, LXR (α, β), PPAR (α, β/δ, γ), PXR, RAR (α, β, γ), ROR (α, β, γ), Rev-ErbA (α, β), VDR) • subfamily 2 (COUP-TF (I, II), Ear-2, HNF4 (α, γ), PNR, RXR (α, β, γ), Testicular receptor (2, 4), TLX) • subfamily 3 (Steroid hormone (Estrogen (α, β), Estrogen related (α, β, γ), Androgen, Glucocorticoid, Mineralocorticoid, Progesterone)) • subfamily 4 NUR (NGFIB, NOR1, NURR1) • subfamily 5 (LRH-1, SF1) • subfamily 6 (GCNF) • subfamily 0 (DAX1, SHP) |
(2.2) Other Cys4 |
GATA (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
(2.3) Cys2His2 |
General transcription factors (TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIE, TFIIF, TFIIH: 1, 2) • GLI-Krüppel family (1, 2, 3, YY1) • KLF (2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13) • Sp1 • zinc finger (3, 35, 43, 146, 148, 165, 217, 268, 281, 350) • Zbtb7 (7A) • ZBT (16, 17, 33) |
(2.4) Cys6 |
HIVEP1 |
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(3) Helix-turn-helix domains |
(3.1) Homeo domain |
ARX • Homeobox (A1, A3, A4, A5, A7, A9, A10, A11, A13, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B13, C4, C6, C8, C9, C13, D1, D3, D4, D9, D10, D11, D12, D13) • NANOG • NKX (2-1, 2-5, 3-1) • POU domain (PIT-1, BRN-3: 1, 2, Octamer transcription factor: 1, 2, 3/4, 6, 7) |
(3.2) Paired box |
PAX (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) |
(3.3) Fork head / winged helix |
E2F (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) • FOX proteins (C1, C2, E1, G1, H1, L2, M1, N3, O3, O4, P1, P2, P3) |
(3.4) Heat Shock Factors |
HSF1 |
(3.5) Tryptophan clusters |
ELF (4, 5) • Interferon regulatory factors (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) • MYB |
(3.6) TEA domain |
transcriptional enhancer factor 1, 2 |
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(4) β-Scaffold factors with minor groove contacts |
(4.1) Rel homology region |
NF-κB (NFKB1, NFKB2, REL, RELA, RELB) • NFAT (5, C1, C2, C3, C4) |
(4.2) STAT |
STAT (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
(4.3) p53 |
p53 |
(4.4) MADS box |
Mef2 (A, B, C, D) • SRF |
(4.7) High mobility group |
HNF (1A, 1B) • LEF1 • SOX (3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13, 18) • SRY • SSRP1 |
(4.10) Cold-shock domain |
CSDA |
(4.11) Runt |
CBF (RUNX1, RUNX2, RUNX3) |
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(0) Other transcription factors |
(0.2) HMGI(Y) |
HMGA (1, 2) |
(0.3) Pocket domain |
Rb • RBL1 • RBL2 |
(0.6) Miscellaneous |
ARID (1A, 1B, 2, 3A, 3B, 4A) • CAP • Rho/Sigma • R-SMAD |
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