Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
CDKN2A
Associated Variants
CDKN2A MUTATION
CDKN2A MUTATION
Associated Disease
pancreatic carcinoma
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Increasing knowledge about the molecular pathogenesis of the disease has shown that genetic alterations, such as mutations of K-ras, and especially epigenetic dysregulation of tumor-associated genes, such as silencing of the tumor suppressor p16(ink4a), are hallmarks of pancreatic cancer.
Pubmed
24976721
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_2/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
2
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
3
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.0279585128242712
Drugs