Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
CTSS
Associated Variants
CTSS MUTATION
CTSS MUTATION
Associated Disease
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
In vitro, human abdominal aortic aneurysm vascular smooth muscle cells produced more CTSS and exhibited increased CTSS-derived elastolytic activity than healthy aortic vascular smooth muscle cells, whereas recombinant human osteoprotegerin stimulated CTSS-dependent elastase activity in aortic vascular smooth muscle cells.
Pubmed
25301844
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
APPROACH AND RESULTS
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
2
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
8
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.000271441872080303
Drugs