Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
MITF
Melanocyte Inducing Transcription Factor
Disorder
Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant 8
First reported 2011
Supporting publications 45
Key publication · gene–disorder A SUMOylation-defective MITF germline mutation predisposes to melanoma and renal carcinoma.Nature · 2011
Key publication · disorder Malignant melanoma: the patient with an unknown site of primary origin.Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) · 1975
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between MITF (Melanocyte Inducing Transcription Factor) and Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant 8 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 a susceptibility locus.

Sources 4
Clinical variants 696
Symptoms 1
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 45
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
MITF

The gene

1 source summary

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

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04
Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant 8

The disorder

8 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

1 clinical feature

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

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ClinVar and variant evidence

Genetic basis

696 clinical variants

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

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Population genetics

GWAS signals

1 GWAS phenotype

Gene-associated GWAS phenotypes matching the disorder, with best SNP, score, risk-allele frequency and effect size.

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08
Mechanism overlap

Shared mechanisms

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

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Literature

Reading

45 publications

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

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10
Provenance

References & sources

16 references

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

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