Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
EGFR
Associated Variants
EGFR p.Thr790Met (p.T790M) ( ENST00000275493.7, ENST00000450046.2, ENST00000455089.5 )
EGFR p.Thr790Met (p.T790M) ( ENST00000275493.7, ENST00000450046.2, ENST00000455089.5 )
Associated Disease
adenocarcinoma
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
In human lung adenocarcinomas harboring EGFR mutations, a second-site point mutation that substitutes methionine for threonine at position 790 (T790M) is associated with approximately half of cases of acquired resistance to the EGFR kinase inhibitors, gefitinib and erlotinib.
Pubmed
18093943
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.36
Year of publication
2007
Drugs