CHIT1, chitinase 1, 1118

N. diseases: 142; N. variants: 8
Disease: beta^+^ Thalassemia ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C3841475
Disease: beta^+^ Thalassemia
beta^+^ Thalassemia 		0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE In addition, similarly to Gaucher disease, the increased chitotriosidase production in beta-thalassemia might reflect macrophage activation probably related to the intracellular iron overload, storage of erythrocytes membrane break-down products and oxidation of excess alpha-hemoglobin subunits. 10349508 1999