Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
TNF
Associated Variants
TNF MUTATION
TNF MUTATION
Associated Disease
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
We investigated whether expression of xylosyltransferase-1 (XT-1), a key enzyme in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis, is responsive to disk degeneration and to inhibition by the inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor α and IL-1β in nucleus pulposus (NP) cells.
Pubmed
25476526
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
1
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00135720936040152
Drugs