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MCAM melanoma cell adhesion molecule

ENSG00000076706 · protein coding · Open Targets profile

Plays a role in cell adhesion, and in cohesion of the endothelial monolayer at intercellular junctions in vascular tissue. Its expression may allow melanoma cells to interact with cellular elements of the vascular system, thereby enhancing hematogeneous tumor spread. Could be an adhesion molecule active in neural crest cells during embryonic development. Acts as a surface receptor that triggers tyrosine phosphorylation of FYN and PTK2/FAK1, and a transient increase in the intracellular calcium concentration. .

In 1 of 15 cancers, the evidence for MCAM comes mainly from inherited variants

Each row is a cancer, strongest overall evidence first. The two dots show how strong the inherited (germline) and tumour-mutation (somatic) evidence is; the line between them is the gap.

Inherited (germline) variantsMutations in tumours (somatic)
00.250.50.751melanomamelanomaCBL-related disorderCBL-related disorderCBL-related disorder: germline 0.19breast carcinomabreast carcinomabreast cancerbreast cancerhepatocellular carcinomahepatocellular carcinomaovarian carcinomaovarian carcinomaprostate carcinomaprostate carcinomaFamilial prostate cancerFamilial prostate cancerprostate cancerprostate cancercolorectal carcinomacolorectal carcinomaovarian cancerovarian cancerglioblastomaglioblastomagastric cancergastric cancernasopharyngeal carcinomanasopharyngeal carcinomaosteosarcomaosteosarcoma

Scores run from 0 (no evidence) to 1 (strongest). A missing dot at 0 means Open Targets holds no evidence of that kind. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.

Tractability

Antibody
Phase 1 Clinical, UniProt SigP or TMHMM, GO CC med conf, Human Protein Atlas loc
PROTAC
Database Ubiquitination, Half-life Data

gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.6950500011444092 (upper bound 0.8700799942016602). Low values mean loss of function is poorly tolerated, a safety flag for inhibition.

Who runs trials of these drugs

No named investigators on registry trials of MCAM's approved or late-stage drugs in the last three years.

No terminated, withdrawn or suspended trials of MCAM's drugs are registered

Paediatric incentives and obligations for MCAM's drugs

For abx-ma1: what EMA and FDA publish about paediatric plans, orphan status and pediatric approvals, and how many registered studies take children. Each line is a yes, no or not published fact from the record linked under it; none of it is a forecast.

Rare pediatric disease voucher. FDA, content current as of 29 Apr 2026: “As of February 3, 2026, enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the rare pediatric disease PRV program will sunset after September 30, 2029. FDA may not award any PRVs under this program after September 30, 2029.” Voucher sale prices are not shown here; they appear only as company-reported news. FDA: Rare Pediatric Disease Designation and Priority Review Voucher Programs

All 1 drugs and clinical candidates as a table

Each drug, stage and indication links to its Open Targets record, where the trials and approvals behind it are listed. Salt forms (for example a mesylate) are listed as Open Targets records them, as separate entries.

DrugTypeHighest stageIndicationsSource records
ABX-MA1Unknownphase 1melanomaOpen Targets · ChEMBL