The RET gene homepage

General information
Gene symbol RET
Gene name ret proto-oncogene
Chromosome 10
Chromosomal band q11.2
Imprinted -
Genomic reference NG_007489.1
Transcript reference NM_020975.4
Associated with diseases WD
Citation reference(s) Pan M et al, 2011
Zhang T et al, 2010
Refseq URL Coding DNA reference sequence
Curators (0) -
Total number of public variants reported 521
Unique public DNA variants reported 205
Individuals with public variants 0
Hidden variants -
Notes This gene, a member of the cadherin superfamily, encodes one of the receptor tyrosine kinases, which are cell-surface molecules that transduce signals for cell growth and differentiation. This gene plays a crucial role in neural crest development, and it can undergo oncogenic activation in vivo and in vitro by cytogenetic rearrangement. Mutations in this gene are associated with the disorders multiple endocrine neoplasia, type IIA, multiple endocrine neoplasia, type IIB, Hirschsprung disease, and medullary thyroid carcinoma. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. Additional transcript variants have been described but their biological validity has not been confirmed. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Also known as: PTC; MTC1; HSCR1; MEN2A; MEN2B; RET51; CDHF12; CDHR16; RET-ELE1
Date created May 04, 2013

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NCBI Sequence Viewer Show distribution histogram of variants in the NCBI Sequence Viewer

Links to other resources
Homepage URL http://www.genomed.org/lovd3/genes/RET
External URL MEN2 Database
HGNC 9967
Entrez Gene 5979
PubMed articles RET
OMIM - Gene 164761
OMIM - Diseases WD (wilson disease)
HGMD RET
GeneCards RET
GeneTests RET


Active transcripts


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DescendingVariants     
00000114 10 ret proto-oncogene NM_020975.4 - 521


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