TRAF3

Overview

TRAF3 is a negative regulator of NF-κB signaling disrupted in U-CLL via a recurrent chr14 deletion.

Alterations observed in the corpus

  • TRAF3 is disrupted (together with ZFP36L1 and DICER1) by a recurrent 37-Mb chr14 deletion in U-CLL (4/87 WGS, 4.6%) arising via class-switch recombination PMID:35927489.
  • NF-kB regulator; recurrently mutated and homozygously deleted in multiple myeloma (MM); contributes to aberrant NF-kB pathway activation in a subset of MM tumors PMID:24434212
  • Recurrent deletions (14%) and truncating mutations (8%) in HPV(+) HNSCC; first reported link between TRAF3 loss and HPV-associated cancer; loss promotes aberrant NF-kB signalling PMID:25631445
  • Identified as a novel B-cell activity driver in CLL in a 538-patient WES study; involved in NF-kB signaling pathway in B-cell malignancies PMID:26466571
  • Recurrently focally deleted in both lung ADC and lung SqCC (Pan-Lung analysis) in a 1,144-NSCLC exome-sequencing cohort PMID:27158780.

Cancer types (linked)

Co-occurrence and mutual exclusivity

Therapeutic relevance

  • No direct targeted therapy reported in the corpus.

Open questions

  • Functional contribution of TRAF3 loss relative to ZFP36L1/DICER1 co-disruption on the same event is unresolved PMID:35927489.

Sources

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