Annotation Detail
Information
- Associated Genes
- TERT
- Associated Variants
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TERT MUTATION
TERT MUTATION - Associated Disease
- pulmonary fibrosis
- Source Database
- DisGeNET
- Description
- Mutations in the genes encoding telomerase (TERT and TERC) cause pulmonary fibrosis through low telomerase activity, accelerated telomere shortening and exhaustion of lung stem cells.
- Pubmed
- 26016050
- 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
- 6
- Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
- BeFree,GAD,LHGDN
- DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
- 0.0101728329204743
Drugs