Table of Contents

Overview

MEF2C is one of a number of genes affected by aberrant somatic hypermutation in B-cell lymphomas, which complicates the interpretation of mutations at this locus. Mutations in this gene were first described in DLBCL in 2021 by Hübschmann et al.1

Relevance tier by entity

Cannot include /table1_MEF2C.md - does not exist yet

Mutation incidence in large patient cohorts (GAMBL reanalysis)

Cannot include /DLBCL_MEF2C.md - does not exist yet

Cannot include /DLBCL_MEF2C.md - does not exist yet

Mutation pattern and selective pressure estimates

Cannot include /dnds_MEF2C.md - does not exist yet

aSHM regions

chr_name hg19_start hg19_end region regulatory_comment
chr5 88131209 88174373 TSS-3 active_promoter
chr5 88174374 88182243 TSS-2 active_promoter
chr5 88182244 88206620 TSS-1 active_promoter

Cannot include /browser_MEF2C.md - does not exist yet

Expression

Cannot include /mermaid_MEF2C.md - does not exist yet

References

1.
Hübschmann D, Kleinheinz K, Wagener R, Bernhart SH, López C, Toprak UH, Sungalee S, Ishaque N, Kretzmer H, Kreuz M, Waszak SM, Paramasivam N, Ammerpohl O, Aukema SM, Beekman R, Bergmann AK, Bieg M, Binder H, Borkhardt A, Borst C, Brors B, Bruns P, Carrillo de Santa Pau E, Claviez A, Doose G, Haake A, Karsch D, Haas S, Hansmann ML, Hoell JI, Hovestadt V, Huang B, Hummel M, Jäger-Schmidt C, Kerssemakers JNA, Korbel JO, Kube D, Lawerenz C, Lenze D, Martens JHA, Ott G, Radlwimmer B, Reisinger E, Richter J, Rico D, Rosenstiel P, Rosenwald A, Schillhabel M, Stilgenbauer S, Stadler PF, Martín-Subero JI, Szczepanowski M, Warsow G, Weniger MA, Zapatka M, Valencia A, Stunnenberg HG, Lichter P, Möller P, Loeffler M, Eils R, Klapper W, Hoffmann S, Trümper L, ICGC MMML-Seq consortium, ICGC DE-Mining consortium, BLUEPRINT consortium, Küppers R, Schlesner M, Siebert R. Mutational mechanisms shaping the coding and noncoding genome of germinal center derived B-cell lymphomas. Leukemia. 2021 Jul;35(7):2002–2016. PMCID: PMC8257491
2.
Arthur SE, Jiang A, Grande BM, Alcaide M, Cojocaru R, Rushton CK, Mottok A, Hilton LK, Lat PK, Zhao EY, Culibrk L, Ennishi D, Jessa S, Chong L, Thomas N, Pararajalingam P, Meissner B, Boyle M, Davidson J, Bushell KR, Lai D, Farinha P, Slack GW, Morin GB, Shah S, Sen D, Jones SJM, Mungall AJ, Gascoyne RD, Audas TE, Unrau P, Marra MA, Connors JM, Steidl C, Scott DW, Morin RD. Genome-wide discovery of somatic regulatory variants in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 1;9(1):4001. PMCID: PMC6167379

Citing

If you use the information or data from this site, please cite

Krysta Coyle, Kostiantyn Dreval, Daniel Hodson and Ryan D. Morin. Audit of B-cell cancer genes. Blood Adv (2025) 9 (8): 2019–2031.

Disclaimer

The content in these pages has been populated, in part, by an automated process. Although we have scrutinized every page to ensure accuracy, errors will inevitably exist. If you find an error please report it as an issue and we will address it.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

You are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.

Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.