Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
KIT
Associated Variants
KIT MUTATION
KIT MUTATION
Associated Disease
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
In gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), molecularly targeted therapies, starting with imatinib, are directed against an activating mutation of KIT or PDGFRA, which drives the disease.
Pubmed
24727986
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,CLINVAR,CTD_human,GAD,LHGDN,MGD,ORPHANET,UNIPROT
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.760239543636234
Drugs