Basic information

Biomarker: HE4

Histology type: endometrial carcinoma

Cohort characteristics

Country: China

Region: Zhengzhou

Study type: prospective study

Followed up time :

Subgroup 1 name : EC

Subgroup 1 number: 105

Subgroup 2 name: healthy

Subgroup 2 number: 87

Total number Group I Group I number Group II Group II number Group III Group III number Group IV Group IV number
192 EC 105 healthy 87

Sample information

Conclusion: Combination of HE4, CA125, CA724, and CA19-9 has the highest value in diagnosing endometrial cancer, and they can be a useful tissue immune marker for patients with endometrial cancer.

Sample type : serum

Sample method: Roche electrochemiluminescent immunoassay

Expression pattern : Combination of HE4, CA125, CA724, and CA19-9

Expression elevation: critical values=140 pmol

Disease information

Statictics: Mean ;Range

Subgroup 1 age: 54;33-71

Subgroup 2 age: 53;28-74

Related information

Funtion Uniprot: Broad range protease inhibitor.

UniProt ID: Q14508

UniProt Link: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q14508/entry

Molecular function from UniProt:

Tissue specificity from UniProt: Expressed in a number of normal tissues, including male reproductive system, regions of the respiratory tract and nasopharynx. Highly expressed in a number of tumors cells lines, such ovarian, colon, breast, lung and renal cells lines. Initially described as being exclusively transcribed in the epididymis.

Subcellular UniProt: #Secreted

Alternative name from UniProt:

Recommended name: WAP four-disulfide core domain protein 2

Gene name from HGNC: WFDC2 (dJ461P17.6, EDDM4, HE4, WAP5)

HPA class: Cancer-related genes

AlphaFold DB: Q14508

AlphaFold Link: https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/Q14508

HPA link: https://www.proteinatlas.org/ENSG00000101443-WFDC2

Tissue specificity RNA from HPA: Tissue enhanced (cervix, salivary gland)

Tissue expression from HPA: Cytoplasmic expression in selected tissues.

Single cell type specificity Cell type enhanced (Club cells, Glandular and luminal cells, Basal respiratory cells, Urothelial cells, Endometrial ciliated cells, Respiratory ciliated cells, Collecting duct cells)

Immune cell specificity: Not detected in immune cells

Subcellular summary HPA Secreted

Cancer prognostic summary HPA Prognostic marker in glioma (unfavorable) and renal cancer (favorable)

Pathology link: https://www.proteinatlas.org/ENSG00000101443-WFDC2/pathology

Pathology endo: https://www.proteinatlas.org/ENSG00000101443-WFDC2//pathology/endometrial+cancer

OMIM: 617548

OMIM link2: https://www.omim.org/entry/617548

HGNC ID: HGNC:15939

HGNC link: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:15939

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