Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0015306
Disease: Hereditary Multiple Exostoses
Hereditary Multiple Exostoses
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE EST database analysis has demonstrated additional gene family members, EXT-like genes (EXTL1, EXTL2, and EXTL3), not associated with a HME locus. 10878610 2000
CUI: C0015306
Disease: Hereditary Multiple Exostoses
Hereditary Multiple Exostoses
0.020 Biomarker disease BEFREE Based on PCR-assisted analyses of both a human/rodent mono-chromosomal hybrid cell panel and a radiation hybrid mapping panel, EXTR1 was localized to the chromosome 8p21 region, where loss of heterozygosity has been frequently observed in various tumors, and EXTR2 was assigned to the chromosome 1p21 region, where osteopetrosis, a dominant hereditary disease of bone, has been mapped by genetic linkage analysis, implying that the protein products of these two EXT-related genes, as well as of the EXT genes, have potential tumor suppressor activity. 9473480 1998