Gene Disease Score gda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Entrez Id: 6657
Gene Symbol: SOX2
SOX2
CUI: C0023529
Disease: Leukomalacia, Periventricular
Leukomalacia, Periventricular
0.010 Biomarker BEFREE Together, our genetic evidence reveals an essential role of Sox2 in brain myelination and CNS remyelination, and suggests that manipulation of Sox2 and/or Sox2-mediated downstream pathways may be therapeutic in promoting CNS myelin repair.<b>SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT</b> Promoting myelin formation and repair has translational significance in treating myelin-related neurological disorders, such as periventricular leukomalacia and multiple sclerosis in which brain developmental myelin formation and myelin repair are severely affected, respectively. 29335358

2018