Source: BEFREE

Gene Disease Score gda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Entrez Id: 3815
Gene Symbol: KIT
KIT
CUI: C1456781
Disease: Benign melanocytic nevus
Benign melanocytic nevus 		0.020 GeneticVariation BEFREE A UV mutation signature was associated with nevus and melanoma formation in POT1 variant carriers, and somatic mutations in driver genes such as BRAF, NRAS, and KIT were associated with lesion development in these patients. 30586141

2019
Entrez Id: 3815
Gene Symbol: KIT
KIT
CUI: C1456781
Disease: Benign melanocytic nevus
Benign melanocytic nevus 		0.020 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our data strongly suggest that rare KIT substitutions predispose to melanoma and that common variants at KIT locus may also impact nevus count and melanoma risk. 23020152

2013