CIITA
class II, major histocompatibility complex, transactivator
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transcriptional coactivator that regulates transcription of MHC I and MHC II genes [Pubmed]
This census gene has a hallmark. For more information please look
[here].
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role in cancer | TSG, fusion |
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types of alteration in cancer | promoter is frequently hypermethylated in cancers [Pubmed] |
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fusion partner | C15orf65, CD274, PDCD1LG2, RALGDS, RMI2 in B-cell lymphoma [Pubmed] |
escaping immune response to cancer
loss of function leads to downregulation of surface HLA class II expression and overexpression of ligands of the receptor molecule programmed cell death (PD-L1 and PD-L2) and thus negatively affects the tumour cell immunogenicity and the anti-tumour immune response [Pubmed]