Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
KIT
Associated Variants
KIT MUTATION
KIT MUTATION
Associated Disease
male infertility
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Indeed, deregulating the SCF/c-KIT system by attenuation or overactivation of its signaling strength is linked to male infertility and cancer, and rebalancing its activity via c-KIT inhibitors has proven beneficial in treating human tumors that contain gain-of-function mutations or overexpress c-KIT.
Pubmed
25359157
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
3
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree,GAD,RGD
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.0831813575948429
Drugs