Table 4 MORC family associated diseases.

From: MORC protein family-related signature within human disease and cancer

MORC members

Associated diseases

Cell lines

Disease models or patients

Reference

MORC1

Male infertility

–

Men with infertility

[73]

Major depressive disorder (MDD)

CD34+ cells from human cord blood

CD3+ T cells from monkey peripheral blood

Prefrontal cortex of adult rats

[74, 75]

MORC2

CMT

Hela cells, patient-derived fibroblasts, and primary neuronal cultures

CMT2 patients

[76, 77]

MORC3

Metabolic bone diseases

–

MORC3+/− mice

[45]

Virus infection

–

Herpes simplex virus 1; human cytomegalovirus

[78]

Dermatomyositis

–

Dermatomyositis patients

[79]

Down syndrome

D21 and T21 fibroblasts,

D21 and T21 lymphoblastoid cells

Mouse Ts1Cje model of DS

[23]

Inflammatory disease

–

Patients with IIMs

[80]

MORC4

Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas

GC- and NGC- DLBCL cell lines

Patients with DLBCL

[49]

Inflammatory disease

–

Patients with pancreatitis

[81]