Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
CFTR
Associated Variants
CFTR p.Gly542Ter (p.G542*) ( ENST00000003084.11, ENST00000648260.1, ENST00000649406.1, ENST00000649781.2, ENST00000699602.1, ENST00000699605.1 )
CFTR p.Gly542Ter (p.G542*) ( ENST00000003084.11, ENST00000648260.1, ENST00000649406.1, ENST00000649781.2, ENST00000699602.1, ENST00000699605.1 )
Associated Disease
cystic fibrosis
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Using a mouse model for cystic fibrosis (CF), we show that s.c. injection or oral administration of PTC124 to Cftr-/- mice expressing a human CFTR-G542X transgene suppressed the G542X nonsense mutation and restored a significant amount of human (h)CFTR protein and function.
Pubmed
18272502
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.8
Year of publication
2008
Drugs