TNFSF10
TNF superfamily member 10 | Apo-2L, CD253, TANCR, TL2, TRAIL

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family. This protein preferentially induces apoptosis in transformed and tumor cells, but does not appear to kill normal cells although it is expressed at a significant level in most normal tissues. This protein binds to several members of TNF receptor superfamily including TNFRSF10A/TRAILR1, TNFRSF10B/TRAILR2, TNFRSF10C/TRAILR3, TNFRSF10D/TRAILR4, and possibly also to TNFRSF11B/OPG. The activity of this protein may be modulated by binding to the decoy receptors TNFRSF10C/TRAILR3, TNFRSF10D/TRAILR4, and TNFRSF11B/OPG that cannot induce apoptosis. The binding of this protein to its receptors has been shown to trigger the activation of MAPK8/JNK, caspase 8, and caspase 3. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]

Biological processes 33 terms
Expression (TPM)
TNFSF10 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating TNFSF10 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for TNFSF10. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = TNFSF10 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to TNFSF10

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of TNFSF10, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr3:172,523,174–172,523,622 at TSS At TSS 446
chr3:172,530,779–172,530,963 7.3 kb Proximal (<10kb) 186

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the TNFSF10 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr3:172,513,174 – 172,540,963
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq