Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
CHEK2
Checkpoint Kinase 2
Disorder
Tumor Predisposition Syndrome 4
First reported 2022
Supporting publications 91
Key publication · gene–disorder Germline Testing in a Cohort of Patients at High Risk of Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndromes: First Two-Year Results from South Italy.Genes · 2022
Key publication · disorder Linkage of ATM to cell cycle regulation by the Chk2 protein kinase.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1998
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between CHEK2 (Checkpoint Kinase 2) and Tumor Predisposition Syndrome 4 is well established and manually curated, with its 4 contributing sources — 3 of them expert-curated — recording a known molecular basis, pathogenic and likely-pathogenic variants, and causative variation.

Sources 4
Clinical variants 262
Symptoms 5
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 91
01
At a glance

Association overview

A cited synthesis of the gene–disorder association, with a clinical-actionability summary where the evidence supports one.

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02
Provenance

Evidence and sources

4 sources

Every contributing database and publication behind this association, with evidence type, strength, accessions and deep links.

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03
CHEK2

The gene

2 source summaries

A gene summary alongside the source descriptions it was distilled from.

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04
Tumor Predisposition Syndrome 4

The disorder

10 database identifiers

The disorder’s summary, prevalence, aliases and cross-reference identifiers (OMIM, Orphanet, MONDO, ICD-10, MedGen).

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05
Phenotype

Clinical features

5 clinical features

The disorder’s clinical features (HPO) grouped by body system, each with observed frequency and penetrance.

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06
ClinVar and variant evidence

Genetic basis

262 clinical variants

ClinVar variants reported for this pair, with disorder-specific significance, review status, molecular consequence and origin.

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07
Mechanism overlap

Shared mechanisms

Biological pathways and phenotype concepts shared by the gene and the disorder, with supporting publications.

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08
Literature

Reading

91 publications

Publications linking the gene and the disorder, with title, authors, journal, year and citation metrics.

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09
Provenance

References & sources

15 references

Every source and publication cited across this dossier, as one numbered reference list.

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