Adgre2 gene
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ADGRE2 stands for the acronym "Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptor E2" located on chromosome 19p13.12.
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The ADGRE2 gene encodes ADGRE2, a protein that is expressed on the surface of granulocyte cells and influences cell-cell adhesion and degranulation of myeloid cells by interacting with chondroitin sulphate chains. In macrophages, ADGRE2 controls the release of the cytokines IL-8 and TNF-alpha.
A missense mutation of the ADGRE2 gene has been detected in patients with the rare familial (autosomal dominant) vibrational urticaria. This results in a replacement of cysteine by tyrosine. The defective protein causes autocatalytic degradation of the ADGRE2 receptor. This results in an extracellular subunit of the receptor that binds non-covalently to another transmembrane contact site. The result is mast cell instability that degranulates in a vibration-dependent manner with pruritic edema formation in the cutis and subcutis.
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- Boyden SE et al (2016) Vibratory Urticaria Associated with a Missense Variant in ADGRE2. N Engl J Med 374:656-663.
- Kaplan AP et al (2016) Vibratory Urticaria and ADGRE2. N Engl J Med 375):94-95.