May be involved in the regulation of cell proliferation. Has a cell-proliferation inhibition activity in vitro.
Genetic variation in PSCA is associated with susceptibility to diffuse-type gastric cancer.The study group of millennium genome project for cancerSakamoto H., Yoshimura K., Saeki N., Katai H., Shimoda T., Matsuno Y., Saito D., Sugimura H., Tanioka F., Kato S., Matsukura N., Matsuda N., Nakamura T., Hyodo I., Nishina T., Yasui W., Hirose H., Hayashi M. , Toshiro E., Ohnami S., Sekine A., Sato Y., Totsuka H., Ando M., Takemura R., Takahashi Y., Ohdaira M., Aoki K., Honmyo I., Chiku S., Aoyagi K., Sasaki H., Ohnami S., Yanagihara K., Yoon K.-A., Kook M.-C., Lee Y.-S., Park S.R., Kim C.G., Choi I.J., Yoshida T., Nakamura Y., Hirohashi S.Nat. Genet. 40:730-740(2008)
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