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TGFBR2 transforming growth factor beta receptor 2

ENSG00000163513 · protein coding · Open Targets profile

Transmembrane serine/threonine kinase forming with the TGF- beta type I serine/threonine kinase receptor, TGFBR1, the non- promiscuous receptor for the TGF-beta cytokines TGFB1, TGFB2 and TGFB3. Transduces the TGFB1, TGFB2 and TGFB3 signal from the cell surface to the cytoplasm and thus regulates a plethora of physiological and pathological processes including cell cycle arrest in epithelial and hematopoietic cells, control of mesenchymal cell proliferation and differentiation, wound healing, extracellular matrix production, immunosuppression and carcinogenesis. The formation of the receptor complex composed of 2 TGFBR1 and 2 TGFBR2 molecules symmetrically bound to the cytokine dimer results in the phosphorylation and activation of TGFBR1 by the constitutively active TGFBR2. Activated TGFBR1 phosphorylates SMAD2 which dissociates from the receptor and interacts with SMAD4. The SMAD2-SMAD4 complex is subsequently translocated to the nucleus where it modulates the transcription of the TGF-beta-regulated genes. This constitutes the canonical SMAD-dependent TGF-beta signaling cascade. Also involved in non-canonical, SMAD-independent TGF-beta signaling pathways. .

In 12 of 15 cancers, the evidence for TGFBR2 comes mainly from mutations found in tumours

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)
00.250.50.751esophageal canceresophageal canceresophageal cancer: somatic 0.50esophageal cancer: germline 0.85colorectal cancer, hereditary nonpolypo…colorectal cancer, hereditary nonpolyposis, type 6colorectal cancer, hereditary nonpolyposis, type 6: somatic 0.68colorectal cancer, hereditary nonpolyposis, type 6: germline 0.74pancreatic adenocarcinomapancreatic adenocarcinomapancreatic adenocarcinoma: somatic 0.85breast carcinomabreast carcinomabreast carcinoma: somatic 0.46breast carcinoma: germline 0.69head and neck squamous cell carcinomahead and neck squamous cell carcinomahead and neck squamous cell carcinoma: somatic 0.61gastric adenocarcinomagastric adenocarcinomagastric adenocarcinoma: somatic 0.53colorectal adenocarcinomacolorectal adenocarcinomacolorectal adenocarcinoma: somatic 0.52pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomapancreatic ductal adenocarcinomapancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: somatic 0.61cervical squamous cell carcinomacervical squamous cell carcinomacervical squamous cell carcinoma: somatic 0.49endometrial carcinomaendometrial carcinomaendometrial carcinoma: somatic 0.61carcinoma of the ampulla of vatercarcinoma of the ampulla of vatercarcinoma of the ampulla of vater: somatic 0.61colorectal neoplasmcolorectal neoplasmcolorectal neoplasm: somatic 0.61bile duct carcinomabile duct carcinomabile duct carcinoma: somatic 0.61hemangioblastomahemangioblastomahemangioblastoma: somatic 0.61colon adenocarcinomacolon adenocarcinomacolon adenocarcinoma: somatic 0.61

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

Small molecule
Structure with Ligand, High-Quality Ligand, Druggable Family
Antibody
UniProt loc high conf, GO CC high conf, UniProt SigP or TMHMM, Human Protein Atlas loc
PROTAC
Database Ubiquitination, Small Molecule Binder

gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.3673799932003021 (upper bound 0.5447900295257568). 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 TGFBR2's approved or late-stage drugs in the last three years.

No terminated, withdrawn or suspended trials of TGFBR2's drugs are registered

All 0 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
No drugs or clinical candidates recorded.