Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
MSTN
Myostatin
Disorder
Muscle Hypertrophy
First reported 1998
Supporting publications 23
Key publication · gene–disorder Organization of the human myostatin gene and expression in healthy men and HIV-infected men with muscle wasting.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1998
Key publication · disorder Masseter muscle hypertrophy.A.M.A. archives of dermatology and syphilology · 1954
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between MSTN (Myostatin) and Muscle Hypertrophy is well established and manually curated, with its 2 contributing sources — 2 of them expert-curated — recording a known molecular basis and pathogenic variants.

Sources 2
Clinical variants 52
Symptoms 21
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 23
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

2 sources

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

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03
MSTN

The gene

1 source summary

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

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Muscle Hypertrophy

The disorder

7 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

2 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

52 clinical variants

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

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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

23 publications

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

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Provenance

References & sources

13 references

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

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