Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
SCN5A
Sodium Voltage-Gated Channel Alpha Subunit 5
Disorder
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
First reported 2001
Supporting publications 13
Key publication · gene–disorder Postmortem molecular analysis of SCN5A defects in sudden infant death syndrome.JAMA · 2001
Key publication · disorder Sudden infant death syndrome.Journal de medecine de Lyon · 1950
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between SCN5A (Sodium Voltage-Gated Channel Alpha Subunit 5) and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is well established and manually curated, with its 4 contributing sources — 3 of them expert-curated — recording a known molecular basis, likely-pathogenic variants, causative variation, and a susceptibility locus.

Sources 4
Clinical variants 245
Symptoms 7
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 13
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
SCN5A

The gene

2 source summaries

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

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04
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

The disorder

11 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

3 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

245 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

1 shared pathway

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

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08
Literature

Reading

13 publications

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

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09
Provenance

References & sources

20 references

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

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