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LRCH4
leucine rich repeats and calponin homology domain containing 4
Chromosome 7 · 7q22.1
NCBI Gene: 4034Ensembl: ENSG00000077454.17HGNC: HGNC:6691UniProt: B4DYF8
39PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
PML bodyprotein bindingpositive regulation of toll-like receptor signaling pathwaymembrane raft assemblyankylosing spondylitiscolorectal cancerneoplasmdilated cardiomyopathy
✦AI Summary

LRCH4 (leucine rich repeats and calponin homology domain containing 4) is a regulatory protein involved in innate immune signaling and cellular proliferation with emerging roles in cancer pathogenesis. While the canonical function describes LRCH4 as an accessory protein regulating toll-like receptor signaling and lipid raft organization, recent evidence reveals its importance in cancer biology and immune cell responses. In colorectal cancer, LRCH4 is the top gene associated with unfavorable prognosis 1. Mechanistically, LRCH4 knockdown inhibits cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by suppressing YAP and TGF-β/Smad signaling pathways while regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition and extracellular matrix remodeling 1. LRCH4 was differentially expressed across CRC stages 2 and serves as a prognostic biomarker in acute myeloid leukemia, where high expression correlates with decreased mortality 3. LRCH4 has also been identified as a disease-associated protein in high-dimensional proteomic analyses of leukemia 4. Beyond cancer, LRCH4 expression is upregulated in neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles during severe asthma exacerbation 5 and is modulated by bacterial lipopolysaccharide exposure in platelets 6. These findings position LRCH4 as a novel therapeutic target across multiple disease contexts.

Sources cited
1
LRCH4 is the top gene associated with unfavorable prognosis in colorectal cancer; knockdown inhibits proliferation, migration, invasion, and suppresses YAP and TGF-β/Smad signaling
PMID: 38383956
2
LRCH4 was differentially expressed across stages of colorectal cancer
PMID: 29182684
3
High LRCH4 expression is associated with decreased mortality in acute myeloid leukemia patients and serves as a prognostic biomarker
PMID: 32776271
4
LRCH4 was confirmed as a disease-associated protein for leukemia using unsupervised proteomic analysis
PMID: 41724807
5
LRCH4 is upregulated in neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles during severe asthma exacerbation
PMID: 36359743
6
LRCH4 RNA expression is significantly reduced in platelets exposed to E. coli K12 and lipopolysaccharide
PMID: 30385858
7
LRCH4 is upregulated in triple-negative breast cancer cells treated with electrical pulses and metformin, suggesting involvement in mTOR/PI3K/Akt pathway inhibition
PMID: 41232409
Disease Associationsⓘ20
ankylosing spondylitisOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
colorectal cancerOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
dilated cardiomyopathyOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
asthmaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
bacterial diseaseOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
colorectal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
pneumococcal infectionOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
acute myeloid leukemiaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Alzheimer diseaseOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
colorectal adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
gastric cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
lung cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
melanomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
ThymomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
urinary bladder cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Uterine CarcinosarcomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Uveal MelanomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
DOCK8Protein interaction84%LRCH3Protein interaction80%LRCH1Protein interaction76%CNTNAP3BShared pathway50%BARHL2Shared pathway50%OTOGShared pathway50%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Ovary
100%
Lung
94%
Bone Marrow
89%
Liver
42%
Heart
26%
Brain
15%
Gene Interaction Network
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LRCH4DOCK8LRCH3LRCH1CNTNAP3BBARHL2OTOG
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt O75427
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.87LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.70 [0.56–0.87]
RankingsWhere LRCH4 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #10,350of 20,598
    Most Researched39
  • #7,713of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.87
Genes detectedLRCH4
Sources retrieved7 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
Colorectal cancer stages transcriptome analysis.
PMID: 29182684
PLoS One · 2017
1.00
2
Identifying a novel 5-gene signature predicting clinical outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia.
PMID: 32776271
Clin Transl Oncol · 2021
0.86
3
Knockdown of LRCH4 Remodels Tumor Microenvironment Through Inhibiting YAP and TGF-β/Smad Signaling Pathway in Colorectal Cancer.
PMID: 38383956
Comb Chem High Throughput Screen · 2024
0.71
4
Neutrophil Extracellular Vesicles and Airway Smooth Muscle Proliferation in the Natural Model of Severe Asthma in Horses.
PMID: 36359743
Cells · 2022
0.57
5
Impact of Escherichia coli K12 and O18:K1 on human platelets: Differential effects on platelet activation, RNAs and proteins.
PMID: 30385858
Sci Rep · 2018
0.43