Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
KIT
Associated Variants
KIT MUTATION
KIT MUTATION
Associated Disease
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
KIT and PDGFRA gene mutations are the major genetic alterations seen in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and are being used clinically for predicting response to imatinib therapy.
Pubmed
25481675
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