Details for: ACAN

Gene ID: 176

Symbol: ACAN

Ensembl ID: ENSG00000157766

Description: aggrecan

Associated with

Cells (max top 100)

(Marker Score score is uniquely calculated using our advanced thresholding algorithms to reveal cell-specific gene markers)

  • Cell Name: granulocyte monocyte progenitor cell (CL0000557)
    Fold Change: 1.37
    Marker Score: 867
  • Cell Name: cardiac endothelial cell (CL0010008)
    Fold Change: 1.27
    Marker Score: 2400
  • Cell Name: goblet cell (CL0000160)
    Fold Change: 1.05
    Marker Score: 6967
  • Cell Name: fallopian tube secretory epithelial cell (CL4030006)
    Fold Change: 1.04
    Marker Score: 251801
  • Cell Name: cerebral cortex GABAergic interneuron (CL0010011)
    Fold Change: 1
    Marker Score: 71819
  • Cell Name: forebrain radial glial cell (CL0013000)
    Fold Change: 1
    Marker Score: 48044
  • Cell Name: absorptive cell (CL0000212)
    Fold Change: 0.98
    Marker Score: 30408
  • Cell Name: intestinal crypt stem cell of colon (CL0009043)
    Fold Change: 0.95
    Marker Score: 2426
  • Cell Name: transit amplifying cell (CL0009010)
    Fold Change: 0.94
    Marker Score: 5351
  • Cell Name: abnormal cell (CL0001061)
    Fold Change: 0.92
    Marker Score: 2741
  • Cell Name: neoplastic cell (CL0001063)
    Fold Change: 0.87
    Marker Score: 5286
  • Cell Name: immature innate lymphoid cell (CL0001082)
    Fold Change: 0.85
    Marker Score: 1736.5
  • Cell Name: early T lineage precursor (CL0002425)
    Fold Change: 0.82
    Marker Score: 625
  • Cell Name: germ cell (CL0000586)
    Fold Change: 0.8
    Marker Score: 1391
  • Cell Name: cardiac muscle myoblast (CL0000513)
    Fold Change: 0.79
    Marker Score: 12430
  • Cell Name: intestinal epithelial cell (CL0002563)
    Fold Change: 0.78
    Marker Score: 1264
  • Cell Name: smooth muscle myoblast (CL0000514)
    Fold Change: 0.77
    Marker Score: 366
  • Cell Name: brush cell (CL0002204)
    Fold Change: 0.76
    Marker Score: 697
  • Cell Name: Cajal-Retzius cell (CL0000695)
    Fold Change: 0.76
    Marker Score: 393
  • Cell Name: kidney proximal convoluted tubule epithelial cell (CL1000838)
    Fold Change: 0.73
    Marker Score: 1502.5
  • Cell Name: neutrophil progenitor cell (CL0000834)
    Fold Change: 0.69
    Marker Score: 177
  • Cell Name: renal interstitial pericyte (CL1001318)
    Fold Change: 0.66
    Marker Score: 626
  • Cell Name: kidney interstitial cell (CL1000500)
    Fold Change: 0.64
    Marker Score: 453
  • Cell Name: preosteoblast (CL0007010)
    Fold Change: 0.63
    Marker Score: 178
  • Cell Name: intestinal enteroendocrine cell (CL1001516)
    Fold Change: 0.56
    Marker Score: 444
  • Cell Name: lymphoid lineage restricted progenitor cell (CL0000838)
    Fold Change: 0.56
    Marker Score: 334
  • Cell Name: common myeloid progenitor (CL0000049)
    Fold Change: 0.55
    Marker Score: 147
  • Cell Name: osteoblast (CL0000062)
    Fold Change: 0.53
    Marker Score: 286
  • Cell Name: chondrocyte (CL0000138)
    Fold Change: 0.48
    Marker Score: 217
  • Cell Name: pvalb GABAergic cortical interneuron (CL4023018)
    Fold Change: 0.44
    Marker Score: 16105
  • Cell Name: megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cell (CL0000050)
    Fold Change: 0.42
    Marker Score: 174
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of alveolus of lung (CL0010003)
    Fold Change: 0.39
    Marker Score: 175
  • Cell Name: pro-B cell (CL0000826)
    Fold Change: 0.38
    Marker Score: 371
  • Cell Name: L5 extratelencephalic projecting glutamatergic cortical neuron (CL4023041)
    Fold Change: 0.38
    Marker Score: 582
  • Cell Name: oogonial cell (CL0000024)
    Fold Change: 0.37
    Marker Score: 539
  • Cell Name: neuronal receptor cell (CL0000006)
    Fold Change: 0.37
    Marker Score: 165
  • Cell Name: Sertoli cell (CL0000216)
    Fold Change: 0.37
    Marker Score: 2203
  • Cell Name: fraction A pre-pro B cell (CL0002045)
    Fold Change: 0.37
    Marker Score: 369
  • Cell Name: mesangial cell (CL0000650)
    Fold Change: 0.36
    Marker Score: 435.5
  • Cell Name: GABAergic neuron (CL0000617)
    Fold Change: 0.34
    Marker Score: 1416
  • Cell Name: erythroblast (CL0000765)
    Fold Change: 0.3
    Marker Score: 190
  • Cell Name: cortical thymic epithelial cell (CL0002364)
    Fold Change: 0.28
    Marker Score: 1049
  • Cell Name: mast cell (CL0000097)
    Fold Change: 0.28
    Marker Score: 162
  • Cell Name: renal alpha-intercalated cell (CL0005011)
    Fold Change: 0.26
    Marker Score: 135
  • Cell Name: B cell (CL0000236)
    Fold Change: 0.24
    Marker Score: 228.5
  • Cell Name: connective tissue cell (CL0002320)
    Fold Change: 0.24
    Marker Score: 62
  • Cell Name: taste receptor cell (CL0000209)
    Fold Change: 0.23
    Marker Score: 195
  • Cell Name: male germ cell (CL0000015)
    Fold Change: 0.23
    Marker Score: 65
  • Cell Name: renal beta-intercalated cell (CL0002201)
    Fold Change: 0.22
    Marker Score: 69
  • Cell Name: mononuclear cell (CL0000842)
    Fold Change: 0.22
    Marker Score: 70
  • Cell Name: primordial germ cell (CL0000670)
    Fold Change: 0.22
    Marker Score: 271
  • Cell Name: cerebral cortex endothelial cell (CL1001602)
    Fold Change: 0.2
    Marker Score: 119
  • Cell Name: parietal epithelial cell (CL1000452)
    Fold Change: 0.2
    Marker Score: 72
  • Cell Name: mesenchymal cell (CL0008019)
    Fold Change: 0.2
    Marker Score: 333
  • Cell Name: kidney proximal straight tubule epithelial cell (CL1000839)
    Fold Change: 0.19
    Marker Score: 454
  • Cell Name: supporting cell (CL0000630)
    Fold Change: 0.19
    Marker Score: 357
  • Cell Name: precursor B cell (CL0000817)
    Fold Change: 0.18
    Marker Score: 122
  • Cell Name: megakaryocyte (CL0000556)
    Fold Change: 0.18
    Marker Score: 101
  • Cell Name: interneuron (CL0000099)
    Fold Change: 0.17
    Marker Score: 79
  • Cell Name: Leydig cell (CL0000178)
    Fold Change: 0.17
    Marker Score: 183
  • Cell Name: renal principal cell (CL0005009)
    Fold Change: 0.16
    Marker Score: 121
  • Cell Name: muscle cell (CL0000187)
    Fold Change: 0.16
    Marker Score: 44
  • Cell Name: kidney loop of Henle thin ascending limb epithelial cell (CL1001107)
    Fold Change: 0.15
    Marker Score: 157
  • Cell Name: endothelial cell of hepatic sinusoid (CL1000398)
    Fold Change: 0.15
    Marker Score: 32
  • Cell Name: Unknown (CL0002371)
    Fold Change: 0.14
    Marker Score: 149
  • Cell Name: pericyte (CL0000669)
    Fold Change: 0.14
    Marker Score: 81
  • Cell Name: smooth muscle cell (CL0000192)
    Fold Change: 0.14
    Marker Score: 90
  • Cell Name: oligodendrocyte precursor cell (CL0002453)
    Fold Change: 0.14
    Marker Score: 168
  • Cell Name: extravillous trophoblast (CL0008036)
    Fold Change: 0.13
    Marker Score: 120
  • Cell Name: kidney capillary endothelial cell (CL1000892)
    Fold Change: 0.13
    Marker Score: 42
  • Cell Name: chandelier pvalb GABAergic cortical interneuron (CL4023036)
    Fold Change: 0.13
    Marker Score: 553
  • Cell Name: astrocyte (CL0000127)
    Fold Change: 0.13
    Marker Score: 115
  • Cell Name: Purkinje cell (CL0000121)
    Fold Change: 0.13
    Marker Score: 4451
  • Cell Name: keratocyte (CL0002363)
    Fold Change: 0.13
    Marker Score: 29
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of glomerular capsule (CL1000450)
    Fold Change: 0.13
    Marker Score: 32
  • Cell Name: vascular associated smooth muscle cell (CL0000359)
    Fold Change: 0.12
    Marker Score: 57
  • Cell Name: innate lymphoid cell (CL0001065)
    Fold Change: 0.12
    Marker Score: 44
  • Cell Name: cortical cell of adrenal gland (CL0002097)
    Fold Change: 0.12
    Marker Score: 2167
  • Cell Name: inhibitory interneuron (CL0000498)
    Fold Change: 0.12
    Marker Score: 564
  • Cell Name: oocyte (CL0000023)
    Fold Change: 0.12
    Marker Score: 30
  • Cell Name: erythrocyte (CL0000232)
    Fold Change: 0.12
    Marker Score: 66
  • Cell Name: late promyelocyte (CL0002151)
    Fold Change: 0.12
    Marker Score: 29
  • Cell Name: precursor cell (CL0011115)
    Fold Change: 0.12
    Marker Score: 28
  • Cell Name: blood vessel smooth muscle cell (CL0019018)
    Fold Change: 0.11
    Marker Score: 30
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of lower respiratory tract (CL0002632)
    Fold Change: 0.11
    Marker Score: 472
  • Cell Name: muscle precursor cell (CL0000680)
    Fold Change: 0.11
    Marker Score: 29
  • Cell Name: podocyte (CL0000653)
    Fold Change: 0.11
    Marker Score: 41
  • Cell Name: non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cell (CL0002304)
    Fold Change: 0.11
    Marker Score: 32
  • Cell Name: dendritic cell (CL0000451)
    Fold Change: 0.11
    Marker Score: 75
  • Cell Name: retinal pigment epithelial cell (CL0002586)
    Fold Change: 0.11
    Marker Score: 31
  • Cell Name: adventitial cell (CL0002503)
    Fold Change: 0.11
    Marker Score: 26
  • Cell Name: macrophage (CL0000235)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 116
  • Cell Name: megakaryocyte progenitor cell (CL0000553)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 29
  • Cell Name: hematopoietic stem cell (CL0000037)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 54
  • Cell Name: hepatoblast (CL0005026)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 328
  • Cell Name: contractile cell (CL0000183)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 54
  • Cell Name: neuron (CL0000540)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 404
  • Cell Name: tracheobronchial smooth muscle cell (CL0019019)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 29
  • Cell Name: mesothelial cell of epicardium (CL0011019)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 31
  • Cell Name: bronchial smooth muscle cell (CL0002598)
    Fold Change: 0.1
    Marker Score: 27

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Other Information

**Key characteristics**: - ACAN is a glycoprotein composed of multiple types of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). - It is a key component of the extracellular matrix (ECM), which provides structural support and helps regulate cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. - ACAN is involved in cell adhesion, migration, and signaling pathways. - It is a major regulator of inflammation and fibrosis. **Pathways and functions**: - ACAN is a key regulator of inflammation and fibrosis. - It is expressed in high levels in inflammatory tissues, where it helps to recruit immune cells and promote tissue repair. - In healthy tissues, ACAN is degraded by the enzyme aggrecanase, which is expressed by macrophages and other cells. - Aberrant ACAN levels and activity have been linked to various diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and cardiovascular disease. **Clinical significance**: - Targeting ACAN has emerged as a potential therapeutic strategy for diseases characterized by excessive inflammation and fibrosis. - Small molecule inhibitors of ACAN have been shown to be effective in reducing inflammation and improving tissue function in animal models of disease. - Clinical trials of ACAN inhibitors are currently underway in humans with various inflammatory and fibrotic diseases.

Genular Protein ID: 3653008861

Symbol: PGCA_HUMAN

Name: Aggrecan core protein

UniProtKB Accession Codes:

Database IDs:

Citations:

PubMed ID: 1985970

Title: Complete coding sequence and deduced primary structure of the human cartilage large aggregating proteoglycan, aggrecan. Human-specific repeats, and additional alternatively spliced forms.

PubMed ID: 1985970

DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)35257-2

PubMed ID: 16572171

Title: Analysis of the DNA sequence and duplication history of human chromosome 15.

PubMed ID: 16572171

DOI: 10.1038/nature04601

PubMed ID: 15489334

Title: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).

PubMed ID: 15489334

DOI: 10.1101/gr.2596504

PubMed ID: 7574678

Title: Catabolism of aggrecan by explant cultures of human articular cartilage in the presence of retinoic acid.

PubMed ID: 7574678

DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1995.1431

PubMed ID: 1569188

Title: The structure of aggrecan fragments in human synovial fluid. Evidence for the involvement in osteoarthritis of a novel proteinase which cleaves the Glu 373-Ala 374 bond of the interglobular domain.

PubMed ID: 1569188

DOI: 10.1172/jci115742

PubMed ID: 7524681

Title: Analysis of aggrecan and tenascin gene expression in mouse skeletal tissues by northern and in situ hybridization using species specific cDNA probes.

PubMed ID: 7524681

DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(94)90220-8

PubMed ID: 8216415

Title: The structure of aggrecan fragments in human synovial fluid. Evidence that aggrecanase mediates cartilage degradation in inflammatory joint disease, joint injury, and osteoarthritis.

PubMed ID: 8216415

DOI: 10.1002/art.1780360906

PubMed ID: 7827755

Title: Length variation in the keratan sulfate domain of mammalian aggrecan.

PubMed ID: 7827755

DOI: 10.1016/0945-053x(94)90198-8

PubMed ID: 8611178

Title: Age-related changes in the content of the C-terminal region of aggrecan in human articular cartilage.

PubMed ID: 8611178

DOI: 10.1042/bj3130933

PubMed ID: 2789216

Title: A new epidermal growth factor-like domain in the human core protein for the large cartilage-specific proteoglycan. Evidence for alternative splicing of the domain.

PubMed ID: 2789216

DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)71537-8

PubMed ID: 16080123

Title: A mutation in the variable repeat region of the aggrecan gene (AGC1) causes a form of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia associated with severe, premature osteoarthritis.

PubMed ID: 16080123

DOI: 10.1086/444401

PubMed ID: 16335952

Title: Human plasma N-glycoproteome analysis by immunoaffinity subtraction, hydrazide chemistry, and mass spectrometry.

PubMed ID: 16335952

DOI: 10.1021/pr0502065

PubMed ID: 17588949

Title: Interaction of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein/thrombospondin 5 with aggrecan.

PubMed ID: 17588949

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611390200

PubMed ID: 32337544

Title: An affinity chromatography and glycoproteomics workflow to profile the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans that interact with malarial VAR2CSA in the placenta and in cancer.

PubMed ID: 32337544

DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwaa039

PubMed ID: 36213313

Title: Mass spectrometric analysis of chondroitin sulfate-linked peptides.

PubMed ID: 36213313

DOI: 10.1007/s42485-022-00092-3

PubMed ID: 19110214

Title: A recessive skeletal dysplasia, SEMD aggrecan type, results from a missense mutation affecting the C-type lectin domain of aggrecan.

PubMed ID: 19110214

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.12.001

PubMed ID: 20137779

Title: A missense mutation in the aggrecan C-type lectin domain disrupts extracellular matrix interactions and causes dominant familial osteochondritis dissecans.

PubMed ID: 20137779

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.12.018

Sequence Information:

  • Length: 2530
  • Mass: 261329
  • Checksum: 3C809F6DE829956B
  • Sequence:
  • MTTLLWVFVT LRVITAAVTV ETSDHDNSLS VSIPQPSPLR VLLGTSLTIP CYFIDPMHPV 
    TTAPSTAPLA PRIKWSRVSK EKEVVLLVAT EGRVRVNSAY QDKVSLPNYP AIPSDATLEV 
    QSLRSNDSGV YRCEVMHGIE DSEATLEVVV KGIVFHYRAI STRYTLDFDR AQRACLQNSA 
    IIATPEQLQA AYEDGFHQCD AGWLADQTVR YPIHTPREGC YGDKDEFPGV RTYGIRDTNE 
    TYDVYCFAEE MEGEVFYATS PEKFTFQEAA NECRRLGARL ATTGQLYLAW QAGMDMCSAG 
    WLADRSVRYP ISKARPNCGG NLLGVRTVYV HANQTGYPDP SSRYDAICYT GEDFVDIPEN 
    FFGVGGEEDI TVQTVTWPDM ELPLPRNITE GEARGSVILT VKPIFEVSPS PLEPEEPFTF 
    APEIGATAFA EVENETGEAT RPWGFPTPGL GPATAFTSED LVVQVTAVPG QPHLPGGVVF 
    HYRPGPTRYS LTFEEAQQAC LRTGAVIASP EQLQAAYEAG YEQCDAGWLR DQTVRYPIVS 
    PRTPCVGDKD SSPGVRTYGV RPSTETYDVY CFVDRLEGEV FFATRLEQFT FQEALEFCES 
    HNATLATTGQ LYAAWSRGLD KCYAGWLADG SLRYPIVTPR PACGGDKPGV RTVYLYPNQT 
    GLPDPLSRHH AFCFRGISAV PSPGEEEGGT PTSPSGVEEW IVTQVVPGVA AVPVEEETTA 
    VPSGETTAIL EFTTEPENQT EWEPAYTPVG TSPLPGILPT WPPTGAATEE STEGPSATEV 
    PSASEEPSPS EVPFPSEEPS PSEEPFPSVR PFPSVELFPS EEPFPSKEPS PSEEPSASEE 
    PYTPSPPVPS WTELPSSGEE SGAPDVSGDF TGSGDVSGHL DFSGQLSGDR ASGLPSGDLD 
    SSGLTSTVGS GLPVESGLPS GDEERIEWPS TPTVGELPSG AEILEGSASG VGDLSGLPSG 
    EVLETSASGV GDLSGLPSGE VLETTAPGVE DISGLPSGEV LETTAPGVED ISGLPSGEVL 
    ETTAPGVEDI SGLPSGEVLE TTAPGVEDIS GLPSGEVLET TAPGVEDISG LPSGEVLETT 
    APGVEDISGL PSGEVLETAA PGVEDISGLP SGEVLETAAP GVEDISGLPS GEVLETAAPG 
    VEDISGLPSG EVLETAAPGV EDISGLPSGE VLETAAPGVE DISGLPSGEV LETAAPGVED 
    ISGLPSGEVL ETAAPGVEDI SGLPSGEVLE TAAPGVEDIS GLPSGEVLET AAPGVEDISG 
    LPSGEVLETA APGVEDISGL PSGEVLETAA PGVEDISGLP SGEVLETAAP GVEDISGLPS 
    GEVLETAAPG VEDISGLPSG EVLETAAPGV EDISGLPSGE VLETAAPGVE DISGLPSGEV 
    LETAAPGVED ISGLPSGEVL ETTAPGVEEI SGLPSGEVLE TTAPGVDEIS GLPSGEVLET 
    TAPGVEEISG LPSGEVLETS TSAVGDLSGL PSGGEVLEIS VSGVEDISGL PSGEVVETSA 
    SGIEDVSELP SGEGLETSAS GVEDLSRLPS GEEVLEISAS GFGDLSGLPS GGEGLETSAS 
    EVGTDLSGLP SGREGLETSA SGAEDLSGLP SGKEDLVGSA SGDLDLGKLP SGTLGSGQAP 
    ETSGLPSGFS GEYSGVDLGS GPPSGLPDFS GLPSGFPTVS LVDSTLVEVV TASTASELEG 
    RGTIGISGAG EISGLPSSEL DISGRASGLP SGTELSGQAS GSPDVSGEIP GLFGVSGQPS 
    GFPDTSGETS GVTELSGLSS GQPGISGEAS GVLYGTSQPF GITDLSGETS GVPDLSGQPS 
    GLPGFSGATS GVPDLVSGTT SGSGESSGIT FVDTSLVEVA PTTFKEEEGL GSVELSGLPS 
    GEADLSGKSG MVDVSGQFSG TVDSSGFTSQ TPEFSGLPSG IAEVSGESSR AEIGSSLPSG 
    AYYGSGTPSS FPTVSLVDRT LVESVTQAPT AQEAGEGPSG ILELSGAHSG APDMSGEHSG 
    FLDLSGLQSG LIEPSGEPPG TPYFSGDFAS TTNVSGESSV AMGTSGEASG LPEVTLITSE 
    FVEGVTEPTI SQELGQRPPV THTPQLFESS GKVSTAGDIS GATPVLPGSG VEVSSVPESS 
    SETSAYPEAG FGASAAPEAS REDSGSPDLS ETTSAFHEAN LERSSGLGVS GSTLTFQEGE 
    ASAAPEVSGE STTTSDVGTE APGLPSATPT ASGDRTEISG DLSGHTSQLG VVISTSIPES 
    EWTQQTQRPA ETHLEIESSS LLYSGEETHT VETATSPTDA SIPASPEWKR ESESTAAAPA 
    RSCAEEPCGA GTCKETEGHV ICLCPPGYTG EHCNIDQEVC EEGWNKYQGH CYRHFPDRET 
    WVDAERRCRE QQSHLSSIVT PEEQEFVNNN AQDYQWIGLN DRTIEGDFRW SDGHPMQFEN 
    WRPNQPDNFF AAGEDCVVMI WHEKGEWNDV PCNYHLPFTC KKGTVACGEP PVVEHARTFG 
    QKKDRYEINS LVRYQCTEGF VQRHMPTIRC QPSGHWEEPQ ITCTDPTTYK RRLQKRSSRH 
    PRRSRPSTAH

Database document:

This is a preview of the gene's schema. Only a few entries are kept for 'singleCellExpressions,' 'mRNAExpressions,' and other large data arrays for visualization purposes. For the full schema, download it here.