Variant Gene Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Diagnostically, the BRAF(V600E) mutation is a powerful molecular marker for papillary thyroid carcinoma and, quite possibly, hairy cell leukemia as well. 22369373

2012

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Identification of the BRAF-V600E kinase mutation as the genetic cause of HCL has opened the way, in the relapsed/refractory experimental setting, to targeted and non-myelotoxic effective strategies that are based on inhibition of BRAF with vemurafenib, co-inhibition of BRAF and its target MEK with dabrafenib and trametinib, and BRAF inhibition with vemurafenib combined with anti-CD20 immunotherapy. 31187521

2019

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE RAF is among the most frequently mutated kinases, where BRAF V600E mutation occurs in most hairy cell leukemias (HCL) and half of malignant melanomas. 25034364

2014

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Both variant and IGHV4-34-expressing hairy cell leukemia lack the BRAF V600E mutation. 22210875

2012

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our results confirm that BRAF V600E-positive HCL is a relatively rare disorder in the Japanese leukemia patient population. 30043333

2018

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare, low-grade mature B-cell neoplasm with a characteristic clinical, morphological, immunophenotypic, and more recently described molecular (BRAF p.V600E mutation) profile. 30197362

2018

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE A high degree of correlation was noted between the presence of BRAF V600E and established diagnostic criteria in 26/27 patients with HCL/HCL variant. 22313586

2012

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE An extensive number of studies have documented the V600E mutation in nearly all HCL patients, but not in similar hematologic malignancies. 23892906

2013

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The discovery of the BRAF V600E mutation in most cases of classical hairy cell leukemia opens up unique opportunities for tumor specific treatment of HCL targeting the MEK/ERK signaling pathway. 26614903

2015

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The BRAF V600E mutation has recently been described in all cases of hairy cell leukaemia (HCL). 21910720

2011

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Recently, the BRAF V600E mutation was identified in most patients with classical HCL, resulting in constitutive mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway activation; impressive responses are achieved in heavily pre-treated patients with BRAF inhibition. 28146266

2017

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Moreover, our pyrosequencing-based assay provides a convenient, rapid, sensitive, and quantitative tool for the detection of BRAF p.V600E mutations in HCL for clinical diagnostic testing. 22706871

2012

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We conclude that the presence of pERK as detected by immunohistochemical staining is a useful surrogate marker for BRAF V600E in the diagnosis of HCL. 23211289

2013

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The detection of BRAF V600E by IHC is useful in the distinction of HCLs from other splenic-based lymphomas, although the identification of at least rare SMZLs containing this abnormality illustrates the continuing need for a multiparameter approach to diagnosis. 26071465

2015

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE BRAF-V600E was detected at different time points during the disease course, even after therapy, pointing to its pivotal role in HCL pathogenesis and maintenance of the leukemic clone. 22028477

2012

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Diagnosis of HCL is based on morphological evidence of hairy cells, an HCL immunologic score of 3 or 4 based on the CD11C, CD103, CD123, and CD25 expression, the trephine biopsy which makes it possible to specify the degree of tumoral medullary infiltration and the presence of BRAF V600E somatic mutation. 29110361

2017

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Recently, the BRAF V600E mutation was uniformly identified in one HCL series, which may provide insights into the pathogenic mechanisms. 22212971

2012

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The presence of the BRAF c.1799T>A V600E mutation was recently described in cases of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) but not in other common lymphomas. 23161722

2012

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE On the basis of these results, an assay with high analytic sensitivity is required for the clinical detection of V600E mutations in HCL specimens. 24503706

2015

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Areas covered: Herein the authors review the role of BRAF V600E and RAF-MEK-ERK signaling in the pathogenesis of HCL, anecdotal clinical reports of BRAF inhibitor monotherapy in management of relapsed or refractory HCL, larger phase 2 trials investigating efficacy of BRAF inhibitor therapy for HCL, adverse effects commonly associated with BRAF inhibitor therapy, including cutaneous toxicity, and mechanisms of therapeutic resistance. 30782032

2019

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE In 2011, the V600E mutation of the BRAF gene in exon 15 was identified in HCL; being present in HCL, it is absent in the variant form of HCL (HCL-v) and in splenic red pulp lymphoma (SRPL), two entities related to HCL. 24994538

2014

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Hairy cell leukemia has been shown to be strongly associated with the BRAF V600E mutation. 22133769

2012

dbSNP: rs113488022
rs113488022
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Accompanying mutations of the KLF2 transcription factor or the CDKN1B/p27 cell cycle inhibitor are recurrent in 16% of patients with HCL and likely cooperate with BRAF-V600E in HCL pathogenesis. 28297625

2017

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE PCR and IHC were cheaper and identified V600E in 100 % of HCL cases. 30872385

2019

dbSNP: rs121913377
rs121913377
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The discovery of the BRAF V600E mutation in most cases of classical hairy cell leukemia opens up unique opportunities for tumor specific treatment of HCL targeting the MEK/ERK signaling pathway. 26614903

2015