Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
AKR1B1
Associated Variants
AKR1B1 MUTATION
AKR1B1 MUTATION
Associated Disease
hyperglycemia
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
These results indicate that high AR expression in the context of hyperglycemia and insulin deficiency may constitute a risk factor that could predispose the lens to disturbances in signaling through the ERK and JNK pathways and thereby alter the balance of cell growth and apoptosis that is critical to lens transparency and homeostasis.
Pubmed
25541468
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
11
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree,RGD
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.0832573024649636
Drugs