Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
KIT
Associated Variants
KIT MUTATION
KIT MUTATION
Associated Disease
Solid tumour
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Imatinib mesylate is a chemotherapeutic drug that inhibits the tyrosine kinase activity of c-KIT and has been successfully used to treat leukemias and some solid tumors.
Pubmed
25786656
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
BACKGROUND
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
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00352874433704394
Drugs