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PTCH1: Clinical significance, Function & Overview

Protein patched homolog 1 is a protein that is the member of the patched family and in humans is encoded by the PTCH1 gene.

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PTCH1 topic overview

The analysis highlights Clinical significance, Function and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around PTCH1.

Related topics
15
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
18
Extracted relationships
162
Concept neighborhoods
14
Bridge connections
18

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Clinical significance · 8 topics
Function · 4 topics
Overview · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
PTCH1, BCNS, HPE7, NBCCS, PTC, PTC1, PTCH, PTCH11, patched 1
Band
9q22.32 · 13 B3|13 32.8 cM
Bgee
tibia · spinal ganglia · trigeminal ganglion · sural nerve · pylorus
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 9 (human) · Chromosome 13 (mouse)
Databases
NCBI: entry; OMA: entry

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Function

Clinical significance

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How PTCH1 connects Entity context

The extracted context around PTCH1 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, PTCH1 → animal organ morphogenesis, axonal growth cone, brain development, branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis, caveola, cell differentiation involved in kidney development, cell fate determination, cell proliferation involved in metanephros development, cellular response to cholesterol, cholesterol binding, ciliary membrane, cilium, commissural neuron axon guidance, cyclin binding, dendritic growth cone, dorsal/ventral neural tube patterning, dorsal/ventral pattern formation, embryonic limb morphogenesis, embryonic organ development, endocytic vesicle membrane Another extracted example is PTCH1 → cardia, dermis, endometrium, Gonadal ridge, hair follicle, internal globus pallidus, lobe of cerebellum, migratory enteric neural crest cell, molar, pylorus, retinal pigment epithelium, sciatic nerve, sperm, spinal ganglia, sural nerve, tibia, tooth, trigeminal ganglion, upper jaw, vas deferens. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

PTCH1

Top relations

Gene ontology · 85
PTCH1 → animal organ morphogenesis, axonal growth cone, brain development, branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis, caveola, cell differentiation involved in kidney development, cell fate determination, cell proliferation involved in metanephros development, cellular response to cholesterol, cholesterol binding, ciliary membrane, cilium, commissural neuron axon guidance, cyclin binding, dendritic growth cone, dorsal/ventral neural tube patterning, dorsal/ventral pattern formation, embryonic limb morphogenesis, embryonic organ development, endocytic vesicle membrane
Bgee · 20
PTCH1 → cardia, dermis, endometrium, Gonadal ridge, hair follicle, internal globus pallidus, lobe of cerebellum, migratory enteric neural crest cell, molar, pylorus, retinal pigment epithelium, sciatic nerve, sperm, spinal ganglia, sural nerve, tibia, tooth, trigeminal ganglion, upper jaw, vas deferens
RNA expression pattern · 20
PTCH1 → cardia, dermis, endometrium, Gonadal ridge, hair follicle, internal globus pallidus, lobe of cerebellum, migratory enteric neural crest cell, molar, pylorus, retinal pigment epithelium, sciatic nerve, sperm, spinal ganglia, sural nerve, tibia, tooth, trigeminal ganglion, upper jaw, vas deferens
related to Clinical significance · 8
PTCH1 → Additional, AKA Gorlin's Syndrome, Alternative, Gorlin, In, Mutations, SNPs, Some
related to External links · 6
PTCH1 → GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW, MicrodeletionDrosophila, Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma, SyndromeGeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW, The Interactive FlyPTCH1, UCSC Genome Browser
Band · 2
PTCH1 → 13 B3|13 32.8 cM, 9q22.32
Chr. · 2
PTCH1 → Chromosome 13 (mouse), Chromosome 9 (human)
End · 2
PTCH1 → 63,721,412 bp, 95,517,057 bp
related to Function · 2
PTCH1 → The PTCH1, This
Aliases · 1
PTCH1 → PTCH1, BCNS, HPE7, NBCCS, PTC, PTC1, PTCH, PTCH11, patched 1

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

gene human bp patched chr band chromosome location protein cell family holoprosencephaly mouse hedgehog ucsc function external mutations associated syndrome

PTCH1 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 162 structured relationships around PTCH1. Examples in this analysis include PTCH1 → Aliases → PTCH1, BCNS, HPE7, NBCCS, PTC, PTC1, PTCH, PTCH11, patched 1 and PTCH1 → Band → 9q22.32. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PTCH1AliasesPTCH1, BCNS, HPE7, NBCCS, PTC, PTC1, PTCH, PTCH11, patched 11.00infobox
PTCH1Band9q22.321.00infobox
PTCH1Band13 B3|13 32.8 cM1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeetibia1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeespinal ganglia1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeetrigeminal ganglion1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeesural nerve1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeepylorus1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeesperm1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeeretinal pigment epithelium1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeecardia1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeeinternal globus pallidus1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeeendometrium1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeeupper jaw1.00infobox
PTCH1BgeeGonadal ridge1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeetooth1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeemolar1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeevas deferens1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeemigratory enteric neural crest cell1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeelobe of cerebellum1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeesciatic nerve1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeehair follicle1.00infobox
PTCH1Bgeedermis1.00infobox
PTCH1BioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
PTCH1Chr.Chromosome 9 (human)1.00infobox
PTCH1Chr.Chromosome 13 (mouse)1.00infobox
PTCH1DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
PTCH1End95,517,057 bp1.00infobox
PTCH1End63,721,412 bp1.00infobox
PTCH1EnsemblENSG000001859201.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around PTCH1 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Also, Found and Ucsc. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • patched
    • Location
    • Entry
    • Family
    • Function
    • Member
    • Ncbi
    • Gene
    • Human
    • Protein
    • Ptch1
    • Ucsc
    • Cell
  • gene
    • Human
    • Ptch1
    • Cell
    • Location
    • Patched
    • Protein
    • Ucsc
    • Chromosome
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • 9q22
    • B3
  • nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
    • Entry
    • Hedgehog
    • Ncbi
    • Smoothened
    • Gene
    • Protein
    • Syndrome
    • Ucsc
    • Location
    • Patched
    • Ptch1
    • Embryonic
  • squamous cell carcinoma
    • Entry
    • Hedgehog
    • Ncbi
    • Smoothened
    • Gene
    • Protein
    • Syndrome
    • Ucsc
    • Location
    • Patched
    • Ptch1
    • Embryonic
  • transitional cell carcinomas
    • Entry
    • Hedgehog
    • Ncbi
    • Smoothened
    • Gene
    • Protein
    • Syndrome
    • Ucsc
    • Location
    • Patched
    • Ptch1
    • Embryonic
  • function
    • Chromosome
    • Embryonic
    • Location
    • Patched
    • Receptor
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • B3
    • End
    • Entry
    • Hedgehog
    • Human
  • protein
    • Hedgehog
    • Smoothened
    • Cell
    • Embryonic
    • Gene
    • Receptor
    • Ptch1
    • B3
    • End
    • Entry
    • Function
    • Mouse
  • transmembrane protein
    • Hedgehog
    • Smoothened
    • Cell
    • Embryonic
    • Gene
    • Receptor
    • Ptch1
    • B3
    • End
    • Entry
    • Function
    • Mouse

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For PTCH1, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects PTCH1 with Clinical significance. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
PTCH1Clinical significance · splits 10 ⟂ 9
PTCH1Function · splits 14 ⟂ 5
PTCH1Overview · splits 15 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

PTCH1

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples162
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around PTCH1 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Clinical significance, Function & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — PTCH1 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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