This is a list for quick reference of cadherins in human diseases.

Please note that many unproven candidates and possible involvements (some are marked by *) are also listed. In addition, this is not a complete list and there are many omissions of citations.

1 List of Cadherin-Related Diseases

G Mendelian genetic, M multifactorial, E epigenetic, A autoimmune, I infection, P Expression profile, X experimental

Cadherins/Gene type

Diseases

References

Classic cadherins

E-cadherin (CDH1)

G

Gastric cancer (HDGC) (OMIM137215)

Guilford et al. (1998)

G

Lobular breast cancer (OMIM114480)

Masciari et al. (2007)

G

Endometrial carcinoma (OMIM608089)

Risinger et al. (1994)

G

Ovarian cancer (OMIM167000)

Risinger et al. (1994)

M

Prostate cancer (OMIM176807)

Jonsson et al. (2004)

M

Ulcerative colitis (UC)

Barrett et al. (2009)

M

Asthma

Ierodiakonou et al. (2011)

M

*Crohn disease (OMIM266600)

Elding et al. (2011)

I

Candidiasis

Phan et al. (2007)

I

Listeria infection

Mengaud et al. (1996)

A

Pemphigus Foliaceus

Flores et al. (2012)

N-cadherin (CDH2)

I

Candidiasis

Phan et al. (2007)

P-cadherin (CDH3)

G

Hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy

HJMD (OMIM601553)

Sprecher et al. (2001)

G

EEM syndrome (OMIM225280)

Kjaer et al. (2005)

M

*Crohn disease (OMIM266600)

Elding et al. (2011)

M

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

O’Roak et al. (2012)

R-cadherin (CDH4)

M

Chronic kidney disease without diabetes mellius

Yoshida et al. (2010)

M

Schizophrenia

Girard et al. (2011)

E

*Colorectal and Gastric cancer

Miotto et al. (2004)

VE-cadherin (CDH5)

M

Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

Schubert et al. (2014)

M

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

O’Roak et al. (2012)

I

Infection by Leptospira

Evangelista et al. (2014)

A

*Rheumatoid arthritis, Behçet’s disease

*Systemic lupus erythematosus

Bouillet et al. (2013)

K-cadherin (CDH6)

M

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

Butler et al. (2015)

G

*Myopia 19

Ma et al. (2010)

CDH7

M

Bipolar disorders

Soronen et al. (2010)

M

*Ectodermal dysplasia (OMIM 602401)

Tariq et al. (2008)

M

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

O’Roak et al. (2012)

CDH8

M

Learning disabilities, autism

Pagnamenta et al. (2011)

CDH9

M

*Autism, ASD (OMIM209850)

Wang et al. (2009)

CDH10

G

*Myopia 19

Ma et al. (2010)

M

*Autism, ASD (OMIM209850)

Wang et al. (2009)

CDH11

E

*Cancer metastasis

Carmona et al. (2012)

M

Alcoholism

Johnson et al. (2006)

M

Bipolar alcoholism

Lydall et al. (2011)

CDH12

M

Bipolar alcoholism

Lydall et al. (2011)

M

Leptin level

Zhang et al. (2013)

G

*Myopia 19

Ma et al. (2010)

M

*Schizophrenia

Singh et al. (2010)

M-cadherin

(CDH15)

M

Mental retardation (OMIM612580)

Bhalla et al. (2008)

M

Autism

Willemsen et al. (2010)

CDH18

M

Metabolic syndrome

Zhang et al. (2013)

M

Colorectal cancer

Venkatachalam et al. (2011)

M

*Schizophrenia

Singh et al. (2010)

CDH19

M

*Ectodermal dysplasia (OMIM 602401)

Tariq et al. (2008)

CDH20

M

Barrett’s adenocarcinoma

Wiech et al. (2009)

PB-cadherin

(CDH22)

M

Type2 diabetes

Bento et al. (2008)

M

Kawasaki disease

Shendre et al. (2014)

Desmosomal cadherins

desmoglein 1 (DSG1)

G

Palmoplantar Keratoderma (SPPK).

(OMIM 148700)

Rickman et al. (1999)

G

Congenital erythroderma with palmoplantar keratoderma, hypotrichosis, and hyper-IgE (EPKHE) (OMIM615508) = SAM syndrome

Samuelov et al. (2013)

A

Pemphigus foliaceus

Eyre and Stanley (1987)

A

Pemphigus vulgaris

Amagai et al. (1991)

A

Paraneoplastic pemphigus

Amagai et al. (1998)

I

Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome (SSSS)

Amagai et al. (2000)

desmoglein 2 (DSG2)

G

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy 10 (ARVC10)

(OMIM 610193)

Pilichou et al. (2006)

G

Cardiomyopathy, dilated, 1BB

(CMD1BB) (OMIM 612877)

Posch et al. (2008)

X

*Colon cancer progression

Kamekura et al. (2014)

desmoglein 3 (DSG3)

A

Pemphigus vulgaris

Amagai et al. (1999)

A

Paraneoplastic pemphigus

Amagai et al. (1998)

P

*Cancer progression

Brown and Wan (2015)

DSG4

G

Localized autosomal recessive hypotrichosis (LAH1) (Hypotrichosis 6 OMIM 607903)

Kljuic et al. (2003)

G

Monilethrix-like congenital hypotrichosis

Shimomura et al. (2006)

A

Pemphigus foliaceus

Nagasaka et al. (2004)

A

Pemphigus vulgaris

Nagasaka et al. (2004)

desmocollin 2 (DSC2)

G

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-11 (ARVD11, OMIM 610476)

Syrris et al. (2006)

G

ARVD with mild palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair (Naxos disease)

Simpson et al. (2009)

X

*Cancer progression

Kolegraff et al. (2011)

desmocollin 3 (DSC3)

G

Hypotrichosis and recurrent skin vesicles (OMIM 613102)

Ayub et al. (2009)

A

Pemphigus vulgaris

Mao et al. (2010)

T-cadherin

T-cadherin (CDH13)

M

Serum adiponectin level

Ling et al. (2009) and Jee et al. (2010)

M

Metabolic syndrome

Fava et al. (2011)

M

Hypertension

Org et al. (2009)

M

Lung function in air pollution

Imboden et al. (2015)

M

Height

Axenovich et al. (2009)

M

*Hirschsprung disease

Carrasquillo et al. (2002)

M E

Lung cancer

Brock et al. (2008)

M

*Retinoblastomas

Gratias et al. (2007)

M

Prostate cancer

Thomas et al. (2008)

E

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Pesek et al. (2011)

M

Alcoholism

Johnson et al. (2006) and Treutlein et al. (2009)

M

d-Amphetamine response

Hart et al. (2012)

M

Methamphetamine dependence

Uhl et al. (2008b)

M

Addiction-related phenotypes

Uhl et al. (2008a)

M

Autism, Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

Chapman et al. (2011)

M

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Lasky-Su et al. (2008) and Lesch et al. (2008)

M

Personality

Terracciano et al. (2010)

M

Childhood asthma

Ding et al. (2013)

Protocadherin

PCDH1

M

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) (asthma-related traits)

Koppelman et al. (2009)

M

Eczema

Koning et al. (2012)

PCDH cluster

E

*Wilms’ tumor

Dallosso et al. (2009)

E

*Colorectal cancer

Dallosso et al. (2012)

 

*Cervical cancer

Wang et al. (2015)

PCDHΑ cluster

M

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Lachman et al. (2008)

M

Bipolar disorder

Pedrosa et al. (2008)

M

Autism

Anitha et al. (2013)

PCDHA3

M

*Restless legs syndrome (RLS8) (OMIM 615197)

Weissbach et al. (2012)

PCDHB4

M

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

O’Roak et al. (2012)

M

Microcephaly

Alazami et al. (2015)

PCDH7

M

Epilepsy

Genetic determinants of common epilepsies: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (2014)

M

Body shape and cholesterol level

Surakka et al. (2011)

 

M

Survival in non-small cell lung cancer

Huang et al. (2009)

M

Sleep duration

Ollila et al. (2014)

PCDH8

M

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

Butler et al. (2015)

M

Cognition in the presence of type2 diabetes

Cox et al. (2014)

E

*Renal cell carcinoma

Morris et al. (2011)

P

*B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Mittal et al. (2007)

E

*Bladder cancer

Lin et al. (2013)

G?

*Retinoblastoma and mental retardation microdeletion syndrome

Caselli et al. (2007)

PCDH9

M

ASD

Marshall et al. (2008)

PCDH10

E

Testicular cancer

Cheung et al. (2010)

M

Autism

Morrow et al. (2008)

PCDH11X

M

Developmental dyslexia

Veerappa et al. (2013)

M

*Schizophrenia, cerebral asymmetry

Levchenko et al. (2014)

M

*Tourette syndrome (OMIM 137580)

Melchior et al. (2013)

M

Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease

Carrasquillo et al. (2009)

PCDH11X, 11Y

M

Languate delay

Speevak and Farrell (2011)

PCDH12

M

Schizophrenia

Gregorio et al. (2009)

PCDH17

E

Prostate cancer

Lin et al. (2014)

E

Bladder cancer

Wang et al. (2014)

G?

*Retinoblastoma and mental retardation microdeletion syndrome

Caselli et al. (2007)

PCDH18

M

Autism

Morrow et al. (2008)

PCDH19

G

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy-9 (EIEE9) = epilepsy and mental retardation restricted to females (EFMR) (OMIM 300088)

Dibbens et al. (2008)

with Dvavet syndrome-like features

Depienne et al. (2009) and Depienne and LeGuern (2012)

with autism and cognitive impairment

Depienne and LeGuern (2012) and Camacho et al. (2012)

PCDH20

E

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Chen et al. (2015)

M

Sphingolipid metabolism

Demirkan et al. (2012)

FAT

FAT1

M

*Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy-like

Puppo et al. (2015)

M

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)

Cukier et al. (2014)

M

4q-syndrome

Sadeqzadeh et al. (2014)

M

*Cervical cancer

Chung et al. (2015)

P

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Settakorn et al. (2005)

G P

Oral cancer

Nakaya et al. (2007)

P

*Breast cancer

Kwaepila et al. (2006)

M P

Various carcinomas and tumors

Sadeqzadeh et al. (2014)

M

Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD)

Blair et al. (2006)

FAT2

M

Autism

Butler et al. (2015)

M

*Restless legs syndrome (RLS8) (OMIM 615197)

Weissbach et al. (2012)

M

Pancreatic cancer

Tang et al. (2014)

M

*Colorectal cancer

Xie et al. (2014)

FAT3

P

*Lung cancer

Rohrbeck and Borlak (2009)

FAT4

M

*Lung cancer

Berndt et al. (2011)

M

Esophageal cancer

Du et al. (2013)

M

Gastric cancer

Wadhwa et al. (2013)

M

Melanoma

Nikolaev et al. (2012)

P

Breast cancer

Qi et al. (2009)

G

Van Maldergem syndrome-2 (VMLDS2)

Cappello et al. (2013)

G

*Hennekam lymphangiectasia-lymphedema syndrome-2 (HKLLS2; OMIM616006) (allele of VMLDS2)

Alders et al. (2014)

Dachsous

DCHS1

G

Van Maldergem syndrome-2 (VMLDS2)

Cappello et al. (2013)

DCHS2

M

Alzheimer’s disease

Kamboh et al. (2012)

M

Osteoporosis

Han et al. (2012)

7D-cadherin

LI-cadherin (CDH17)

M

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Wang et al. (2006)

P

Gastric cancer

Oue et al. (2004) and Lee et al. (2010)

M

Colorectal carcinoma

Chen et al. (2012)

P M

Various cancers

Weissbach et al. (2012)

M

Hypertension

Zhu et al. (2015)

Calsyntenin

CLSTN1 Calsyntenin-1

M

Pancreatic cancer

Tang et al. (2014)

E

Prostate, colon, breast cancer

Chung et al. (2015)

M

Lung cancer

Langer et al. (2010)

CLSTN2 Calsyntenin-2

M

Alzheimer’s disease (AD15) (OMIM611155)

Liu et al. (2007)

Inner ear cadherins

CDH23

G

Usher syndrome ID (OMIM 601067)

Bolz et al. (2001) and Bork et al. (2001)

G

Usher syndrome type ID/F (OMIM 601067)

Zheng et al. (2005)

G

Autosomal recessive deafness 12 (DFNB12) (OMIM601386)

Bork et al. (2001) and Schultz et al. (2005)

M

Personality

Terracciano et al. (2010)

M

Chronic kidney disease (CKD)

Gorski et al. (2015)

E

Alzheimer’s disease

De Jager et al. (2014)

PCDH15

G

Usher syndrome IF (OMIM 602083)

Ahmed et al. (2001)

G

Deafness, autosomal recessive 23 (DFNB23) (OMIM 609533)

Ahmed et al. (2003)

M

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Oki et al. (2011)

M

Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD)

Fallin et al. (2010)

M

Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL)

Huertas-Vazquez et al. (2010)

M

Retinal dystrophies

Coppieters et al. (2014)

M

Antibody response to smallpox vaccine

Ovsyannikova et al. (2012)

PCDH21 (CDHR1)

G

Cone-rod dystrophy15 (OMIM613660)

Ostergaard et al. (2010)

Retinitis pigmentosa 65

Henderson et al. (2010)

CDHR3 (CDH28)

M

Asthma

Bonnelykke et al. (2014)

CDH26

M

Asthma

Ferreira et al. (2009)

RET

G

Hirschsprung disease

Attie et al. (1995) and Angrist et al. (1995)

G

Central hypoventilation syndrome (OMIM 209880)

Bolk et al. (1996)

G

Multiple endocrine neoplasia, Type II (OMIM 171400, 162300)

Shirahama et al. (1998)

G

Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma

Elisei et al. (2007)

G

Pheochromocytoma (OMIM 171300)

Eng et al. (1995)

G

Renal agenesis (OMIM 191830)

Skinner et al. (2008)

 

M

Vesicoureteral reflux (OMIM 193000)

Yang et al. (2008)

G

Congential anomalies of the kidney or urinary tract (CAKUT)

Hwang et al. (2014)

G

Various other cancers

Mulligan 2014)

CELSR1

M

Spina bifida

Lei et al. (2014)

M

Ischemic stroke

Yamada et al. (2009)

M

Hypertension

Ueyama et al. (2013)

CELSR2

M

*Serum lipid

Wallace et al. (2008), Kathiresan et al. (2008) and Samani et al. (2008)

M

*Coronary heart disease

Ronald et al. (2009) and Kathiresan et al. (2009)

CELSR3

E

Oral squamous cell carcinoma

Khor et al. (2014)