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CDH10
cadherin 10
Chromosome 5 · 5p14.2-p14.1
NCBI Gene: 1008Ensembl: ENSG00000040731.11HGNC: HGNC:1749UniProt: Q9Y6N8
30PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
adherens junctioncell morphogenesiscell-cell junction assemblybeta-catenin bindingsmoking initiationMyasthenia gravispneumonitishemolytic anemia
✦AI Summary

CDH10 (cadherin 10) is a type II classical cadherin that functions as a calcium-dependent cell adhesion molecule mediating homophilic cell-cell interactions 1. As a member of the cadherin superfamily, CDH10 participates in adherens junction organization, beta-catenin binding, and synaptic membrane adhesion, contributing to cell morphogenesis and migration 1. CDH10 has emerged as a tumor suppressor with clinical significance across multiple cancer types. In breast cancer, CDH10 expression is epigenetically silenced by the histone methyltransferase G9a under hypoxic conditions, promoting cell motility and metastasis; CDH10 overexpression reduces cellular migration and prevents hypoxia-induced motility 2. CDH10 is prognostically valuable in breast cancer, with reduced expression associated with lymph node metastasis and poor survival outcomes 3. In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, CDH10 alterations including germline mutations and loss of heterozygosity occur in both familial and sporadic cases, with altered immunohistochemical staining patterns in tumors 4. In gastric and colorectal cancers with high microsatellite instability, CDH10 harbors frameshift mutations that likely inactivate cell adhesion function 5. Additionally, CDH10 is associated with the reproductive subtype of polycystic ovary syndrome in genome-wide association studies 6, and appears as a hub gene in diabetic nephropathy pathophysiology 7. CDH10 dysfunction contributes to cancer progression through reduced cell-cell adhesion and increased cellular motility.

Sources cited
1
CDH10 is expressed in the brain and associated with autism via GWAS; cadherins mediate cell-cell adhesion and regulate neural circuit formation and synaptic function
PMID: 22765916
2
G9a represses CDH10 expression under hypoxia through histone methylation; CDH10 overexpression reduces breast cancer cell motility; CDH10 is prognostic in breast cancer with inverse correlation to G9a expression
PMID: 32292512
3
CDH10 is downregulated in breast cancer and associated with lymph node metastasis; part of an 11-gene prognostic risk model for breast cancer
PMID: 37939914
4
CDH10 alterations including germline mutations and loss of heterozygosity are associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in familial and sporadic cases; altered immunohistochemical staining observed
PMID: 28124395
5
CDH10 harbors frameshift mutations in gastric and colorectal cancers with high microsatellite instability; mutations likely inactivate cell adhesion function
PMID: 24898286
6
CDH10 is associated with reproductive subtype of PCOS at genome-wide significance (P = 1.2 × 10^-8)
PMID: 32574161
7
CDH10 identified as hub gene associated with pyroptosis and M1 macrophage infiltration in diabetic nephropathy
PMID: 39028495
Disease Associationsⓘ20
smoking initiationOpen Targets
0.39Weak
Myasthenia gravisOpen Targets
0.34Weak
pneumonitisOpen Targets
0.31Weak
hemolytic anemiaOpen Targets
0.30Weak
pyelonephritisOpen Targets
0.29Weak
placenta praeviaOpen Targets
0.29Weak
injuryOpen Targets
0.28Weak
tricuspid valve diseaseOpen Targets
0.28Weak
polycystic ovary syndromeOpen Targets
0.27Weak
peritonitisOpen Targets
0.23Weak
lung adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.23Weak
DNA methylationOpen Targets
0.22Weak
squamous cell lung carcinomaOpen Targets
0.22Weak
ocular hypotensionOpen Targets
0.20Weak
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.20Weak
mood disorderOpen Targets
0.19Weak
insomniaOpen Targets
0.19Weak
osteitis deformansOpen Targets
0.19Weak
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.19Weak
breast carcinomaOpen Targets
0.19Weak
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
CDH4Shared pathway90%CDH22Shared pathway90%CDH24Shared pathway90%CDH26Shared pathway90%CDH6Protein interaction84%CDH9Protein interaction84%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Brain
100%
Bone Marrow
2%
Lung
1%
Ovary
1%
Heart
0%
Liver
0%
Gene Interaction Network
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CDH10CDH4CDH22CDH24CDH26CDH6CDH9
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q9Y6N8
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.66LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.18Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.43 [0.28–0.66]
RankingsWhere CDH10 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #11,873of 20,598
    Most Researched30
  • #4,779of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.66
Genes detectedCDH10
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
Distinct subtypes of polycystic ovary syndrome with novel genetic associations: An unsupervised, phenotypic clustering analysis.
PMID: 32574161
PLoS Med · 2020
1.00
2
Frameshift mutations of cadherin genes DCHS2, CDH10 and CDH24 genes in gastric and colorectal cancers with high microsatellite instability.
PMID: 24898286
Pathol Oncol Res · 2015
0.90
3
G9a-mediated repression of CDH10 in hypoxia enhances breast tumour cell motility and associates with poor survival outcome.
PMID: 32292512
Theranostics · 2020
0.80
4
Alterations of type II classical cadherin, cadherin-10 (CDH10), is associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas.
PMID: 28124395
Genes Chromosomes Cancer · 2017
0.70
5
Cadherins and neuropsychiatric disorders.
PMID: 22765916
Brain Res · 2012
0.60