ERG (ETS-related gene)
ERGgeneETS transcription factor regulates endothelial phenotype and is dysregulated in STEMI, also involved in platelet immunoglobulin responses.
Pathway placement
Cascade stepEndothelial activation & erosion
Confidencehigh
RationaleMaster endothelial transcription factor; elevated in STEMI platelets and post-MI immunity.
Also acts inPlatelet activation
Druggability
DruggableYes
Known drugs / candidates0
Small-molecule tractableYes
Antibody tractableNo
EnsemblENSG00000157554
Type I vs Type II discrimination
ScoresLow-confidence (proxy)
R — rupture / Type-I67
C — confounder / Type-II82
A — assay feasibility52
E — evidence strength31
T1DI (composite)7
Specificity differential (R−C)-15.4
Confounder panel (Type-II drivers)
No confounder evidence retrieved.
Tier: light (literature co-occurrence proxy — lower confidence). See the discrimination table for all markers.
Assay & specimen
Class-level default (no specific cleared assay)— generic method inferred from analyte class; confirm against a specific product insert before use.
Specimen
Whole blood — gene is not a circulating analyte; measure protein product or genotype
Collection tube
K2-EDTA whole blood (lavender-top)
Method / principle
SNP genotyping / sequencing; or immunoassay of encoded protein
Reagent / substrate
Allele-specific primers/probes (TaqMan) or NGS panel; or antibody for protein
Platform
qPCR / NGS / array
Turnaround · availability
Send-out · Genotyping widely available; protein assay variable
Literature evidence(3)
- Single-cell 'omic profiles of human aortic endothelial cells in vitro and human atherosclerotic lesions ex vivo reveal heterogeneity of endothelial subtype and response to activating perturbations.eLife · 2024 · PMID 38578680 · doi
- Persistent transcriptional changes in cardiac adaptive immune cells following myocardial infarction: New evidence from the re-analysis of publicly available single cell and nuclei RNA-sequencing data sets.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2024 · PMID 38734060 · doi
- Characterization of the platelet transcriptome by RNA sequencing in patients with acute myocardial infarction.Platelets · 2015 · PMID 26367242 · doi