Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
HGF
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
Carcinoma of lung
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
The three major clinically relevant mechanisms of acquired resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in EGFR mutant lung cancer are a second mutation in the EGFR gene (T790M), Met amplification, and increased expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF).
Pubmed
22592212
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00597172118576667
Year of publication
2012
Drugs