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vr.tr.cdh1 · thing-q17859787

Enable an agent to identify CDH1, distinguish its gene identity from its molecular products, and assess evidence about its sequence, expression and functional state.

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6 bundles · 11 layers · 16 findings · 26 questions

CDH1 identity Establish which biological entity the registry label denotes.

Organism and symbol

Anchor the provisional interpretation to an authoritative gene record.

Human cadherin 1 anchor

NCBI identifies human CDH1 as the protein-coding cadherin 1 gene, Gene ID 999, with HGNC:1748. This supports a provisional interpretation but does not establish the registry's intention. [NCBI Gene](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/999)

  1. Does the registry's originating record resolve to human NCBI Gene 999 or HGNC:1748? provenance
  2. Which organism and biological entity type does the original registration explicitly identify? definition

Gene and product boundary

Keep the gene, its transcripts and its protein products distinguishable.

CDH1 encodes E-cadherin

CDH1 encodes epithelial cadherin, or E-cadherin; the gene and encoded protein require distinct observation targets. [MedlinePlus Genetics](https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/cdh1/)

  1. Does each attached observation concern genomic CDH1, a transcript or an E-cadherin product? boundary
  2. Does the catalogue already own either entity in another publication that this entry should reference? boundary
CDH1 sequence context Make locus, transcript and alteration descriptions reproducible.

Locus reference

Resolve genomic positions against an explicit assembly.

Assembly-bound locus

Require a versioned genomic reference and coordinate convention for every CDH1 interval or genomic change.

  1. Which assembly, chromosome accession and coordinate convention locate the CDH1 observation? provenance
  2. Does the reported reference allele agree with the sequence at that position? measurement

Transcript consequences

Relate sequence changes to explicitly selected RNA and protein products.

Versioned transcript mapping

NCBI lists multiple CDH1 transcript variants. Record the selected accession and version before describing coding or splice consequences. [NCBI Gene](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/999)

  1. Which CDH1 transcript accession and version underlie the reported consequence? provenance
  2. Is the proposed RNA consequence measured in a relevant sample or inferred from sequence? measurement
CDH1 expression and regulation Describe when, where and how strongly CDH1 is transcribed.

Transcription context

Attach expression observations to cell composition and assay conditions.

Contextual RNA abundance

Treat CDH1 RNA abundance as a specimen-specific measurement, preserving cell type, sampling conditions, transcript coverage and normalization.

  1. Which cells or tissue contributed to the CDH1 RNA measurement, and could mixed cell populations explain the result? measurement
  2. What assay, normalization and detection limit distinguish low abundance from failure to detect CDH1? measurement

Regulatory evidence

Separate proposed regulation from demonstrated effects on transcription.

Site-specific regulatory observations

When methylation or another regulatory mechanism is proposed, retain the assayed CDH1 region and supporting expression evidence rather than assigning a global silenced state.

  1. Which CDH1 regulatory sites were assayed, and what measurement supports the proposed regulatory state? measurement
  2. What matched expression or perturbation evidence links that observation to reduced CDH1 transcription? provenance
E-cadherin functional link Connect CDH1 to product-level evidence without collapsing gene and protein states.

Product architecture and localization

Locate product observations along the encoded protein and within cells.

Adhesion product regions

The encoded adhesion protein has extracellular cadherin repeats, a transmembrane region and a cytoplasmic tail. Use product-specific references when mapping observations to these regions. [NCBI PubChem](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/CDH1/human)

  1. Which encoded isoform and protein region does the CDH1 alteration or detection reagent concern? boundary
  2. Was E-cadherin detected at cell junctions, elsewhere in the cell or below the assay's detection limit? measurement

Adhesion function

Require functional observations with defined experimental conditions.

Calcium-dependent adhesion evidence

E-cadherin participates in calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion. A CDH1 functional interpretation should specify the assay, calcium conditions and controls. [NCBI PubChem](https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/CDH1/human)

  1. What adhesion endpoint was measured, under which calcium conditions and against which reference cells? measurement
  2. What perturbation, rescue or independent evidence supports attributing the result to CDH1? provenance
CDH1 alteration interpretation Separate observed alleles, functional consequences and external clinical interpretations.

Allele and sample context

Describe which CDH1 copies and sampled cells carry an alteration.

Alteration origin and dosage

Record sequence or copy-number findings with allele fraction, zygosity, phase and evidence for origin when available; preserve unknown states.

  1. What evidence establishes whether the CDH1 alteration is germline, somatic or unresolved? provenance
  2. What allele fraction, copy-number and phase observations describe the affected CDH1 copies? measurement

Interpretation and actions

Make the strength and permitted use of conclusions explicit.

Evidence-bounded conclusions

Keep measured molecular effects, computational predictions and externally supplied clinical classifications separate, with their sources and dates.

  1. Which CDH1 conclusions have direct experimental support, and which depend on predictions or conflicting interpretations? provenance
  2. Does the available evidence support annotation or comparison, or must the proposed clinical use be referred to a clinical interpretation model? action
Evidence and external alignment What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.

Reported evidence

Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.

Check these first

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of CDH1 this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of CDH1 this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Standards and regulation

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of CDH1 this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of CDH1 this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of CDH1 this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

  1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of CDH1 this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Classifiers Filled

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What it is Filled

CDH1 is the human gene encoding E-cadherin, a calcium-dependent transmembrane adhesion protein that supports epithelial cell-cell adhesion and adherens junctions.

In scope

  • Organism-qualified CDH1 identity and authoritative identifiers
  • Assembly-specific locus and versioned transcript references
  • CDH1 sequence alterations and allele context
  • Context-specific transcription and regulatory observations
  • Relationships between CDH1 products and measured cell adhesion

Out of scope

  • E-cadherin protein specimens and their complete biochemical characterization
  • Other cadherin genes and nonhuman orthologs as independent entities
  • Other biological entities named Cdh1
  • Cancer syndromes, patient diagnoses and clinical management
  • Laboratory instruments, assay protocols and specimen custody

Why it exists Filled

Enable an agent to identify CDH1, distinguish its gene identity from its molecular products, and assess evidence about its sequence, expression and functional state.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Resolve the label against organism and identifier: the provisional human gene interpretation requires NCBI Gene 999 or HGNC:1748, rather than a symbol match alone.
  • Distinguish the genomic locus from an RNA transcript or E-cadherin protein using the referenced sequence type and accession.
  • Require identifier or sequence evidence to distinguish CDH1 from other cadherin-family members.
  • Represent an altered allele as a state associated with CDH1, rather than treating the variant as the entire registered thing.
  • Keep measured transcript abundance, protein localization and adhesion function separate; none alone identifies all the others.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Tell a person they have a hereditary cancer syndrome from a variant without clinical review.
  • Share a person's genetic result with relatives, employers or insurers without consent.
  • Recommend preventive surgery or screening for a person.
  • Classify a variant of uncertain significance without evidence.

Only with a human decision

  • Returning genetic results to a person or family.
  • Any decision on screening or preventive surgery.

May

  • Describe CDH1 and E-cadherin's role in cell adhesion, citing sources.
  • Explain in general terms that inherited variants can raise cancer risk and that genetic counselling is available.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Hereditary cancer results lead to life-changing decisions for whole families.
  • Genetic information can be used to discriminate.

Who is affected

  • People with tested variants
  • Relatives
  • Clinicians and counsellors

Owners Filled

Steward

The person whose genome carries it; laboratories and clinical variant databases hold records.

Master systems

  • Clinical variant databases
  • Gene and variant databases

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q20747295 - registry parent class

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.cdh1
  • Wikidata: Q17859787 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17859787)

Direct properties required Filled

  • Resolved biological identity: Organism, nomenclature authority, stable identifier and entity type
  • Genomic reference: Assembly accession and version, sequence accession, interval, strand and coordinate convention
  • Transcript reference: Versioned transcript accession linked to a protein accession when applicable
  • Observed sequence alteration: Reference-qualified substitution, insertion, deletion, splice-region alteration, copy-number alteration or unresolved change
  • Allele context: Zygosity, phase, allele fraction and germline, somatic or unknown origin
  • CDH1 transcript abundance: Assay-specific units such as TPM or normalized counts, with specimen and normalization method
  • Regulatory-region methylation: Fraction or percent methylation at explicitly identified sites or intervals
  • Linked E-cadherin localization: Junctional membrane, other membrane, intracellular, mixed, undetected or unresolved
  • Functional evidence status: Directly measured, indirectly supported, predicted, conflicting or untested

Recognition required Filled

  • Not visible; known from sequence data or tumour staining for E-cadherin.
  • Loss of E-cadherin staining is reported by pathologists.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • Resolve a CDH1-labelled record to a species-qualified gene identity.
  • Attach sequence observations to a versioned genomic and transcript reference.
  • Compare CDH1 expression across specimens with compatible assay contexts.
  • Link an alteration to measured RNA, protein and adhesion outcomes while preserving uncertainty.
  • Identify missing evidence before assigning a functional interpretation.
  • Route unresolved identity or clinical interpretation to the appropriate neighbouring model.

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Misclassification of variants.
  • Genetic discrimination after disclosure.

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Human gene nomenclature, HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC), which approves the gene symbol.

Context of use required Filled

  • CDH1 is encountered in human genome annotations and studies of epithelial organization, cell adhesion and cancer biology.
  • Researchers examine its sequence and expression together with E-cadherin abundance and localization to investigate effects on cell junctions and tissue structure.

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q17859787: CDH1 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Cadherin-1 - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Does vr.tr.cdh1 originally denote the human cadherin 1 gene, its protein product or a different entity sharing the label?
  • Does an existing Vercy publication already cover this entity and therefore require a link instead of a separate model?
  • Which genome assembly and transcript selection policy should govern CDH1 reference mappings?
  • Which tissue contexts and validated assays are necessary to distinguish reduced CDH1 transcription, altered E-cadherin localization and impaired adhesion?
  • Which evidence standards should govern importing variant interpretations and handling disagreement or subsequent reclassification?

Machine files

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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