Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
HBB
Associated Variants
HBB MUTATION
HBB MUTATION
Associated Disease
Hemoglobinopathies
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Recent experimental evidence suggest that besides genomic variation within the human β-globin gene cluster, other variants in modifier genes residing outside the human β-globin gene cluster are significantly associated with response to hydroxyurea treatment in β-type hemoglobinopathies patients, deducted from the increase in fetal hemoglobin levels.
Pubmed
25155936
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_3/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
3
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
4
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree,CLINVAR,CTD_human,GAD
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.262888331778182
Drugs