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PSG11
pregnancy specific beta-1-glycoprotein 11
Chromosome 19 · 19q13.31
NCBI Gene: 5680Ensembl: ENSG00000243130.8HGNC: HGNC:9516UniProt: Q9UQ72
15PubMed Papers
16Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
homophilic cell-cell adhesionheterophilic cell-cell adhesionplasma membranefemale pregnancyAlzheimer diseaselate-onset Alzheimers diseaseneoplasmpreeclampsia
✦AI Summary

PSG11 (pregnancy-specific beta-1-glycoprotein 11) is a member of the pregnancy-specific glycoprotein family, which represents the most abundant trophoblastic proteins in maternal blood during human pregnancy 1. PSG11 is located on chromosome 19.1-13.3 within a cluster of 11 PSG genes and belongs to subgroup 3 based on its C-terminal exon structure 2. The protein exhibits immunoregulatory functions, particularly in stimulating interleukin-10 (IL-10) secretion from monocytes 3. PSG11 expression in the uterine endometrium during the peri-implantation period is significantly reduced in women with recurrent first-trimester abortions compared to controls, suggesting a role in pregnancy maintenance 3. The gene shows cell-cell adhesion properties and is regulated by epigenetic mechanisms, with CTCF depletion leading to downregulation of PSG11 expression 4. Clinical studies have identified PSG11 as a potential biomarker, with copy-number deletions enriched in preeclampsia patients 5 and altered expression levels associated with ectopic pregnancy diagnosis 6. These findings indicate PSG11 plays important roles in maternal-fetal immune tolerance and pregnancy outcome prediction.

Sources cited
1
PSGs are the most abundant trophoblastic proteins in maternal blood during pregnancy
PMID: 25023693
2
PSG11 belongs to subgroup 3 of PSG genes located on chromosome 19q13.1-13.3
PMID: 7806221
3
PSG11 stimulates IL-10 secretion and shows reduced expression in recurrent aborters
PMID: 10326620
4
PSG11 expression is regulated by CTCF and shows downregulation upon CTCF depletion
PMID: 33452729
5
Copy-number deletions in PSG11 are enriched among preeclampsia patients
PMID: 22748001
6
PSG11 is identified as a biomarker for ectopic pregnancy diagnosis
PMID: 37715129
Disease Associationsⓘ16
Alzheimer diseaseOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
late-onset Alzheimers diseaseOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
preeclampsiaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
ovarian cancerOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
abortionOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
ulcerative colitisOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
esophageal squamous cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
colorectal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
hypertensionOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Posterior Leukoencephalopathy SyndromeOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
esophageal cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
sarcomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
thyroid cancer, nonmedullary, 1Open Targets
0.00Suggestive
uterine corpus endometrial carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
PSG5Shared pathway100%CSH1Protein interaction80%CSH2Protein interaction80%PSG3Protein interaction80%PSG2Shared pathway75%CEACAM18Shared pathway67%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Brain
100%
Heart
0%
Lung
0%
Ovary
0%
Liver
0%
Bone Marrow
0%
Gene Interaction Network
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PSG11PSG5CSH1CSH2PSG3PSG2CEACAM18
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q9UQ72
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.58LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF1.22 [0.95–1.58]
RankingsWhere PSG11 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #15,670of 20,598
    Most Researched15
  • #15,575of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.58
Genes detectedPSG11
Sources retrieved10 papers
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📄 Sources
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1
Pregnancy-specific glycoproteins: complex gene families regulating maternal-fetal interactions.
PMID: 25023693
Int J Dev Biol · 2014
1.00
2
Pregnancy-specific glycoprotein gene expression in recurrent aborters: a potential correlation to interleukin-10 expression.
PMID: 10326620
Am J Reprod Immunol · 1999
0.90
3
Characterization of the PSG11 gene.
PMID: 7806221
Genomics · 1994
0.80
4
Identification and verification of plasma protein biomarkers that accurately identify an ectopic pregnancy.
PMID: 37715129
Clin Proteomics · 2023
0.70
5
Gene organization of the pregnancy-specific glycoprotein region on human chromosome 19: assembly and analysis of a 700-kb cosmid contig spanning the region.
PMID: 7851895
Genomics · 1994
0.60