Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
KIT
Associated Variants
KIT MUTATION
KIT MUTATION
Associated Disease
germinoma
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
We therefore postulate that germinomas in the brain share a similar mechanism with other KIT-driven cancers, which supports the hypothesis that germinomas arise from a brain-cell progenitor.
Pubmed
25736805
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
10
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree,LHGDN
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00381011773078838
Drugs