COMT, catechol-O-methyltransferase, 1312

N. diseases: 622; N. variants: 47
Disease: Adult Liver Carcinoma ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0220630
Disease: Adult Liver Carcinoma
Adult Liver Carcinoma 		0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE As progression of chronic hepatitis C and risk of liver cancer is higher in males than in females, we evaluated whether the polymorphisms of three enzymes participating in the pathway of estrogen and androgen biosynthesis and inactivation, 5alpha-reductase type II (SRD5A2), cytochrome P450c17alpha (CYP17) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), might affect the expression of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver disease. 12971967 2003