Basic Information

Symbol
TCF7L2
RNA class
mRNA
Alias
Transcription Factor 7 Like 2 TCF-4 TCF4 Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 (T-Cell Specific, HMG-Box) T-Cell-Specific Transcription Factor 4 HMG Box Transcription Factor 4 Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 T-Cell Factor 4 HTCF-4
Location (GRCh38)
Forensic tag(s)
Drug abuse diagnoses

MANE select

Transcript ID
NM_001367943.1
Sequence length
4076.0 nt
GC content
0.4558

Transcripts

ID Sequence Length GC content
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 4025 nt 0.4552
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 4024 nt 0.4570
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 3922 nt 0.4539
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 3956 nt 0.4560
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 3883 nt 0.4540
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 4095 nt 0.4564
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 3956 nt 0.4550
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 4020 nt 0.4545
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 4032 nt 0.4544
GUCAAUAAUCUCCGCUCCCAGACUACUCCGUUCCUCCGGAUUUCGAUCC… 3934 nt 0.4537
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Summary

This gene encodes a high mobility group (HMG) box-containing transcription factor that plays a key role in the Wnt signaling pathway. The protein has been implicated in blood glucose homeostasis. Genetic variants of this gene are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Several transcript variants encoding multiple different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Oct 2010]

Forensic Context

A study in mice demonstrated that the TCF7L2 is a predicted upstream regulator of genes in Patterns B and C (cocaine self-administration plus withdrawal) in the brain's reward circuitry [Walker et al. DOI:10.1016/J.Biopsych.2018.04.009]. In a separate study using mouse embryonic neural stem cells, ethanol exposure during differentiation was found to downregulate the TCF7L2 as part of the Wnt signaling pathway [Mandal et al. DOI:10.1007/S11033-015-3862-1].