Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
MTNR1B
Associated Variants
MTNR1B MUTATION
MTNR1B MUTATION
Associated Disease
Juvenile hemochromatosis
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
The matriptase (MT)-2 protein (encoded by the TMPRSS6 gene) regulates hepcidin expression by cleaving hemojuvelin [HJV/hemochromatosis type 2 (HFE2)], a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) coreceptor in the hepcidin regulatory pathway.
Pubmed
25588876
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
2
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.000271441872080303
Drugs