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This locus represents an enhancer located approximately 28 kb upstream of the TMPRSS2 (transmembrane serine protease 2) gene, which functions as an entry gene for human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 virus). The extended TMPRSS2 5' regulatory region is responsive to androgen receptor (AR), and it drives expression of a TMPRSS2-ERG or TMPRSS2-ETV1 oncogenic fusion gene in androgen-dependent prostate cancers. This subregion functions as a non-AR-responsive enhancer that can activate a heterologous promoter in transfected LNCaP and VCaP prostate cancer cells. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2020]
LOC117135105 (TMPRSS2 E4 Enhancer) is a Biological Region gene. Diseases associated with LOC117135105 include Covid-19.
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