Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
CXCR4
Associated Variants
CXCR4 MUTATION
CXCR4 MUTATION
Associated Disease
Neoplasm Metastasis
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
These findings demonstrate the first evidence that epigenetic silencing of CXCR4 makes the cells inefficient to respond to the paracrine source of SDF-1α leading to loss of cell adhesion, one of the key events in metastases and progression of the disease.
Pubmed
25114911
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
7
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree,CTD_human,LHGDN
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.245644501421039
Drugs