China Journal of Leprosy and Skin Diseases ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (8): 502-505.

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Update of zinc finger MIZ-type containing 1 gene

LI Lulu1,2, SUN Yonghu2, LIU Hong2   

  1. 1.School of Medicine and Life Sciences, Jinan University- Shandong Academy of Medicine Sciences, Jinan 250062,China; 2.Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Jinan 250022, China
  • Online:2018-08-15 Published:2018-12-11
  • Contact: LIU Hong, E-mail: hongyue2519@hotmail.com

Abstract: Zinc Finger MIZ-Type Containing 1 (ZMIZ1) gene, a protein inhibitor of activated STAT(PIAS) family,mainly expressed in naive T cells and gonads, which plays a key role in the development of immunity and gonads. Along with the development of genome-wide association study, many researches have demonstrated that ZMIZ1 is associated with a variety of skin diseases, skin tumors, and some autoimmune diseases. This review summarizes the structure, function of ZMIZ1 gene and the correlation with related diseases.

Key words: ZMIZ1gene, autoimmunity, gonad, tumor