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4PubMed Papers
4Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
plasma membraneolfactory receptor activitynervous system processdetection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smellkidney diseasepolycystic ovary syndromemyocardial infarctioncoronary artery disease
OR52E8 is an olfactory receptor localized to the plasma membrane with odorant receptor activity. Based on limited published evidence, OR52E8 was identified as an upregulated gene in a competing endogenous RNA network associated with invasive growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas 1. The functional significance of OR52E8 expression in pituitary pathology remains unclear, as the study primarily characterized transcriptional changes without demonstrating direct functional roles for this olfactory receptor in adenoma invasiveness.
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OR52E8 identified as upregulated gene in competing endogenous RNA network in invasive GH-secreting pituitary adenomas
PMID: 33559847⚠Limited data available — This gene has 1 indexed publication. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
kidney diseaseOpen Targets
polycystic ovary syndromeOpen Targets
myocardial infarctionOpen Targets
coronary artery diseaseOpen Targets
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
No tissue expression data available for this gene.