Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
KIT
Associated Variants
KIT MUTATION
KIT MUTATION
Associated Disease
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
GISTs may originate from the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) because the development of ICCs is dependent on the SCF-KIT interaction and because, like GISTs, these cells express both KIT and CD34.
Pubmed
9438854
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
UNIPROT
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.760239543636234
Year of publication
1998
Drugs