Claudin-18
BE0010573ProteinHumansCLDN18
Involved in alveolar fluid homeostasis via regulation of alveolar epithelial tight junction composition and therefore ion transport and solute permeability, potentially via downstream regulation of the actin cytoskeleton organization and beta-2-adrenergic signaling (By similarity). It is acted on by 12 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- CLDN18
- UniProtKB entry
- P56856Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cell junction, tight junction
- Residues / weight
- 261 residues · 27,856 Da
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of October 31, 2023
Which approved drugs act on Claudin-18, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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