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GAGE7
G antigen 7
Chromosome X · Xp11.4-p11.2
NCBI Gene: 2579HGNC: HGNC:4104UniProt: O76087
10PubMed Papers
0Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
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✦AI Summary

GAGE7 (G antigen 7) is a cancer/testis antigen encoded on the X chromosome X shows selective expression in malignant tumors and normal germline tissues. 1 GAGE7 is expressed in various human cancers, with demonstrated immunogenicity as a target for CD8+ cytolytic T lymphocytes. 1 In breast carcinoma, GAGE7 exhibits heterogeneous subcellular localization patterns (nuclear, cytoplasmic, and nucleolar), with cytoplasmic expression significantly associated with advanced clinical stages. 2 Coexpression of GAGE7 with other cancer/testis antigens correlates with poor prognosis. 2 GAGE7 serves as a valuable diagnostic biomarker for spermatocytic seminoma, with 67% sensitivity and 99% specificity when using stringent criteria, substantially outperforming detection in other germ cell tumors. 3 In lung cancer screening, anti-GAGE7 autoantibodies demonstrate high specificity and represent a component of multi-autoantibody panels. 4 5 Individual anti-GAGE7 antibody detection shows 11.3% positivity in early non-small cell lung cancer versus 0.5% in controls. 6 When combined with other autoantibodies and imaging, GAGE7-based panels improve diagnostic accuracy for malignant pulmonary nodules. 7 These findings establish GAGE7 as a clinically relevant tumor-associated antigen with prognostic and diagnostic applications across multiple cancer types.

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1
GAGE genes encode tumor-associated antigens recognized by CD8+ cytolytic T lymphocytes and are expressed in many human cancers but silent in normal tissues except spermatogonia and placental cells
PMID: 11391626
2
GAGE7 exhibits nuclear, cytoplasmic and nucleolar expression patterns in breast carcinoma; cytoplasmic GAGE7 expression is significantly correlated with advanced clinical stages
PMID: 23315387
3
GAGE7 is positive in 67% of spermatocytic seminomas with 99% specificity and 67% sensitivity under stringent criteria, substantially higher than in seminomas (4%) or other germ cell tumors
PMID: 24393139
4
Anti-GAGE7 autoantibodies are significantly elevated in lung cancer patients compared to non-lung cancer controls with AUC of 0.620
PMID: 35832243
5
GAGE7 autoantibody has high specificity and low sensitivity in lung cancer detection, with better diagnostic value in squamous cell carcinoma than adenocarcinoma
PMID: 31764214
6
Anti-GAGE7 autoantibody positivity is 11.3% in early non-small cell lung cancer versus 0.5% in controls, and correlates with nodule density
PMID: 34963239
7
GAGE7 autoantibody combined with other autoantibodies and CT imaging improves diagnostic accuracy for malignant pulmonary nodules to 73.4%
PMID: 38054473
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
SMIM46Shared pathway100%C8orf90Shared pathway100%SMIM44Shared pathway100%C21orf140Shared pathway100%CIMIP7Shared pathway100%ZNF862Shared pathway100%
Tissue Expression

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PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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RankingsWhere GAGE7 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #17,058of 20,598
    Most Researched10
Genes detectedGAGE7
Sources retrieved10 papers
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📄 Sources
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1
Heterogeneous expression of CT10, CT45 and GAGE7 antigens and their prognostic significance in human breast carcinoma.
PMID: 23315387
Jpn J Clin Oncol · 2013
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2
The utility of immunostaining for NUT, GAGE7 and NY-ESO-1 in the diagnosis of spermatocytic seminoma.
PMID: 24393139
Histopathology · 2014
0.90
3
Application Value Analysis of Seven-Autoantibody Panel in the Lung Cancer Screening in Yunnan.
PMID: 35832243
Comput Intell Neurosci · 2022
0.80
4
Efficacy of autoantibodies combined with tumor markers in the detection of lung cancer.
PMID: 35596744
J Clin Lab Anal · 2022
0.70
5
MAGE, BAGE and GAGE gene expression in human rhabdomyosarcomas.
PMID: 11391626
Int J Cancer · 2001
0.60