Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
SOD1
Associated Variants
SOD1 p.Gly94Ala (p.G94A) ( ENST00000270142.11, ENST00000389995.4 )
SOD1 p.Gly94Ala (p.G94A) ( ENST00000270142.11, ENST00000389995.4 )
Associated Disease
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Here we show that death receptor 6 (DR6) levels are elevated in spinal cords from post-mortem samples of human ALS and from SOD1(G93A) transgenic mice, and DR6 promotes motor neuron death through activation of the caspase 3 signaling pathway.
Pubmed
24113175
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.437872511657633
Year of publication
2013
Drugs