Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
TCF7L2
Associated Variants
TCF7L2 MUTATION
TCF7L2 MUTATION
Associated Disease
Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Among the several genes and loci associated with FECD, the strongest association is with an intronic (CTG·CAG)n trinucleotide repeat expansion in the TCF4 gene, which is found in the majority of affected patients.
Pubmed
25593321
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_1/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
1
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
3
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00515739556952576
Drugs