MAGED4 explained

MAGE family member D4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGED4 gene.^[1]

Further reading

• Oya H, Kanda M, Takami H, Hibino S, Shimizu D, Niwa Y, Koike M, Nomoto S, Yamada S, Nishikawa Y, Asai M, Fujii T, Nakayama G, Sugimoto H, Fujiwara M, Kodera Y . Overexpression of melanoma-associated antigen D4 is an independent prognostic factor in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus . Diseases of the Esophagus . 28 . 2 . 188–95 . 2015 . 24147998 . 10.1111/dote.12156 . free .
• Zhang QM, Shen N, Xie S, Bi SQ, Luo B, Lin YD, Fu J, Zhou SF, Luo GR, Xie XX, Xiao SW . MAGED4 expression in glioma and upregulation in glioma cell lines with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment . Asian Pac. J. Cancer Prev. . 15 . 8 . 3495–501 . 2014 . 24870746 . 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.8.3495. free .
• He SJ, Gu YY, Yu L, Luo B, Fan R, Lin WZ, Lan XW, Lin YD, Zhang QM, Xiao SW, Xie XX . High expression and frequently humoral immune response of melanoma-associated antigen D4 in glioma . Int J Clin Exp Pathol . 7 . 5 . 2350–60 . 2014 . 24966945 . 4069931 .
• Zhang QM, He SJ, Shen N, Luo B, Fan R, Fu J, Luo GR, Zhou SF, Xiao SW, Xie XX . Overexpression of MAGE-D4 in colorectal cancer is a potentially prognostic biomarker and immunotherapy target . Int J Clin Exp Pathol . 7 . 7 . 3918–27 . 2014 . 25120768 . 4129003 .
• Oya H, Kanda M, Koike M, Iwata N, Niwa Y, Shimizu D, Takami H, Sueoka S, Hashimoto R, Ezaka K, Nomoto S, Yamada S, Fujii T, Nakayama G, Sugimoto H, Fujiwara M, Kodera Y . Detection of serum melanoma-associated antigen D4 in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus . Diseases of the Esophagus . 29 . 6 . 663–9 . 2016 . 25951896 . 10.1111/dote.12373 . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: MAGE family member D4. 2018-02-12.