Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
PTGS2
Associated Variants
PTGS2 MUTATION
PTGS2 MUTATION
Associated Disease
Neoplasm Metastasis
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Elevated expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is observed in many human cancers and over-production of downstream prostaglandins (PGs) has been shown to stimulate metastasis.
Pubmed
26067757
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
2
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree,CTD_human,GAD,LHGDN,RGD
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.268737890069494
Drugs