Information on CD8A

Basic details

Alt. symbols: CD8

Approved name: CD8 subunit alpha
Alt. names: CD8 antigen, alpha polypeptide (p32), T-cell surface glycoprotein CD8 alpha chain

Location: 2p11.2: 86784610 - 86808396 (-)
Gene type: protein_coding, 8 transcripts.

Scores: LoFtool: 0.440000 | pLI: 0.02418110 | LOEUF: 1.495

HGNC: 1706

NCBI: 925, RefSeq: NG_011608.2

Ensembl: ENSG00000153563.17

LRG_44 | Status: public

OMIM: 186910

Expression | ProteinAtlas

Normal function

Dysfunction and disease

CD8 deficiency, familial [MIM:608957] [Load More]

[Gene NOT reviewed yet]

Associated conditions

Acronym Condition's_name MOI Mode_of_actionwww icon OMIM_ID No.cases
IMD116 Immunodeficiency 116 ARdict. icon Loss of Function 608957www icon 0 (0 fams)

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Transcripts of CD8A

Name ENSEMBL_ID LRG_ID CCDS_ID MANE Transcript.type Exons Canonical CDS_length REFSEQ_ID
201 ENST00000283635.8 1 CCDS1992 Select protein_coding 6 Yes 2106 NM_001768
202 ENST00000352580.7 CCDS1993 protein_coding 5 No 1977 NM_171827
203 ENST00000409511.6 CCDS1992 protein_coding 9 No 3048 NM_001145873,NM_001382698

Published variants

Found 0 variants

Var.name Exon/Intron cDNA_pos. CDS_change Prot.change Var.type Var.class. Patients

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Diagnostic pitfalls & paradigms

Considerations to take into account when analyzing this gene

Year Paradigm ⓘ PMID Notes
- Regions of Homology -
-Cryptic splicing-Unreported or not recorded in our DB.
-Uniparental disomy-Unreported or not recorded in our DB.
-Mosaicism-Unreported or not recorded in our DB.
-Incomplete penetrance-Unreported or not recorded in our DB.
-Di-/oligo-genic inheritance-Unreported or not recorded in our DB.
-Somatic reversion-Unreported or not recorded in our DB.

References linked to variants in CD8A

ID Year Title Journal PMID Variants

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