Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
TREM2
Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells 2
Disorder
Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 7
First reported 2013
Supporting publications 2
Key publication · gene–disorder Variants in triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 are associated with both behavioral variant frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer's disease.Neurobiology of aging · 2013
Key publication · disorder Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.The Journal of nervous and mental disease · 1950
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between TREM2 (Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells 2) and Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 7 is well established and manually curated, with its 3 contributing sources — 2 of them expert-curated — recording likely-pathogenic variants and a susceptibility locus.

Sources 3
Clinical variants 2
Symptoms 107
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 2
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

3 sources

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

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03
TREM2

The gene

1 source summary

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

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Frontotemporal Dementia And/Or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 7

The disorder

30 database identifiers

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

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Phenotype

Clinical features

70 clinical features

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

2 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

2 publications

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

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Provenance

References & sources

11 references

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

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