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LHX4

Chr 1q25.2

LIM homeobox 4

Aliases:
Gsh4
MANE:
ENST00000263726.4

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Congenital hypothyroidism

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • DDG2P

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Fetal anomalies

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • IUGR and IGF abnormalities

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Pituitary hormone deficiency

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (GMS)

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
  • Intellectual disability

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Short stature - pituitary and cerebellar defects - small sella turcica

    0.72
  • short stature-pituitary and cerebellar defects-small sella turcica syndrome

    0.71
  • Combined pituitary hormone deficiencies, genetic forms

    0.64
  • neurodegenerative disease

    0.53
  • combined pituitary hormone deficiencies, genetic form

    0.38
  • hypopituitarism

    0.38
  • pituitary stalk interruption syndrome

    0.37
  • Abnormal cerebellum morphology

    0.37
  • hypothyroidism due to deficient transcription factors involved in pituitary development or function

    0.37
  • hereditary disease

    0.34

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

LIM/homeobox protein Lhx4

May play a critical role in the development of respiratory control mechanisms and in the normal growth and maturation of the lung. Binds preferentially to methylated DNA (PubMed:28473536)

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.