DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating OCSTAMP and autosomal recessive osteopetrosis 8

OCSTAMP [ENSP00000279028]

Osteoclast stimulatory transmembrane protein; Probable cell surface receptor that plays a role in cellular fusion and cell differentiation. Cooperates with DCSTAMP in modulating cell-cell fusion in both osteoclasts and foreign body giant cells (FBGCs). Involved in osteoclast bone resorption. Promotes osteoclast differentiation and may play a role in the multinucleated osteoclast maturation (By similarity).

Synonyms:  OCSTAMP,  Q9BR26,  Q9BR26p,  hQ9BR26,  128506 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt