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GFI1B growth factor independent 1B transcriptional repressor

ENSG00000165702 · protein coding · Open Targets profile

Essential proto-oncogenic transcriptional regulator necessary for development and differentiation of erythroid and megakaryocytic lineages. Component of a RCOR-GFI-KDM1A-HDAC complex that suppresses, via histone deacetylase (HDAC) recruitment, a number of genes implicated in multilineage blood cell development and controls hematopoietic differentiation. Transcriptional repressor or activator depending on both promoter and cell type context; represses promoter activity of SOCS1 and SOCS3 and thus, may regulate cytokine signaling pathways. Cooperates with GATA1 to repress target gene transcription, such as the apoptosis regulator BCL2L1; GFI1B silencing in leukemic cell lines markedly increase apoptosis rate. Inhibits down-regulation of MYC and MYB as well as the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor CDKN1A/P21WAF1 in IL6-treated myelomonocytic cells. Represses expression of GATA3 in T-cell lymphomas and inhibits GATA1-mediated transcription; as GATA1 also mediates erythroid GFI1B transcription, both GATA1 and GFI1B participate in a feedback regulatory pathway controlling the expression of GFI1B gene in erythroid cells. Suppresses GATA1-mediated stimulation of GFI1B promoter through protein interaction. Binds to gamma-satellite DNA and to its own promoter, auto-repressing its own expression. Alters histone methylation by recruiting histone methyltransferase to target genes promoters. Plays a role in heterochromatin formation. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12351384, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16177182, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16688220, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16782810, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17156408, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17272506, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17420275}.

In 3 of 15 cancers, the evidence for GFI1B 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)
00.250.50.751acquired polycythemia veraacquired polycythemia veraacquired polycythemia vera: germline 0.20tuberous sclerosis 1tuberous sclerosis 1tuberous sclerosis 1: germline 0.19hereditary neoplastic syndromehereditary neoplastic syndromehereditary neoplastic syndrome: germline 0.19acute myeloid leukemiaacute myeloid leukemiamyelodysplastic syndromemyelodysplastic syndromedyskeratosis congenitadyskeratosis congenitaleukemialeukemiaLi-Fraumeni syndromeLi-Fraumeni syndromethyroid gland undifferentiated (anaplas…thyroid gland undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinomaautoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome…autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome due to CTLA4 haploinsufficiencySTAT3-related early-onset multisystem a…STAT3-related early-onset multisystem autoimmune diseaseprimary myelofibrosisprimary myelofibrosismyelofibrosismyelofibrosismalignant mesotheliomamalignant mesotheliomapleural mesotheliomapleural mesothelioma

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
GO CC high conf

gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.5672399997711182 (upper bound 0.8242599964141846). 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 GFI1B's approved or late-stage drugs in the last three years.

No terminated, withdrawn or suspended trials of GFI1B'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.