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Gene Symbol AGO2
Synonyms CASC7 | EIF2C2 | LESKRES | LINC00980 | PPD | Q10
Gene Description AGO2, argonaute RISC catalytic component 2, is a regulator of RNA mediated gene silencing (RNAi) in cells and plays a role in gene regualtion (PMID: 32164444). AGO2 expression has been demonstrated to be reduced in some melanomas (PMID: 24169347) and upregulated in some epithelial cancers such as HNSCC (PMID: 22025453, PMID: 28903378).
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