Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
PRNP
Associated Variants
PRNP p.Met129Val (p.M129V) ( ENST00000379440.9, ENST00000430350.2, ENST00000457586.2, ENST00000424424.2 )
PRNP p.Met129Val (p.M129V) ( ENST00000430350.2, ENST00000457586.2, ENST00000424424.2, ENST00000379440.9 )
Associated Disease
New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
So far, all clinical cases of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), thought to result from the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) prion agent, have shown Methionine-Methionine (M/M) homozygosity at the M129V polymorphism of the PRNP gene.
Pubmed
19495414
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.012486326115694
Year of publication
2009
Drugs