MS4A8

Chr 11

membrane spanning 4-domains A8

Also known as: 4SPAN4, CD20L5, MS4A4, MS4A8B

NCBI Gene: 83661ENSG00000166959UniProt: Q9BY19

This gene encodes a member of the membrane-spanning 4A gene family. Members of this protein family are characterized by common structural features and similar intron/exon splice boundaries and display unique expression patterns among hematopoietic cells and nonlymphoid tissues. The gene encoding this protein is localized to 11q12.3, among a cluster of family members. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

46
ClinVar variants
10
Pathogenic / LP
0.00
pLI score
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— MS4A8
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Low constraint (pLI 0.00) — loss-of-function variants are relatively tolerated in the population.
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ClinVar Variants
10 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 33 VUS of 46 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Tolerant — LoF & missense variants common in population
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
1.41LOEUF
pLI 0.000
Z-score 0.63
OE 0.79 (0.46–1.41)
Tolerant

Highly tolerant — LoF variants common in population

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
0.69Z-score
OE missense 0.84 (0.72–0.97)
120 obs / 143.3 exp
Tolerant

Mild missense constraint

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.79 (0.46–1.41)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.84 (0.72–0.97)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.1.13
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 8 / 10.2Missense obs/exp: 120 / 143.3Syn Z: -0.83

ClinVar Variant Classifications

46 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic6
Likely Pathogenic4
VUS33
Likely Benign3
6
Pathogenic
4
Likely Pathogenic
33
VUS
3
Likely Benign

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
6
0
6
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
4
0
4
VUS
0
31
2
0
33
Likely Benign
0
3
0
0
3
Benign
0
0
0
0
0
Total03412046

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

MS4A8 · protein map & ClinVar variants

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OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships

1 OMIM entry

OMIM
Clinical Literature
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Key Publications
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Europe PMC

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Clinical Trials

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External Resources

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