EML4, EMAP like 4, 27436

N. diseases: 100; N. variants: 4
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Fusion of EML4 and ALK is associated with development of lung adenocarcinomas lacking EGFR and KRAS mutations and is correlated with ALK expression. 20624322 2010
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To assess the prevalence of EML4-ALK rearrangement gene measured by immunohistochemistry in an unselected population-based consecutive cohort of patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung (ACL), and the correlation with smoking history, thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF1), gender and age. 27943404 2017
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Detection of EGFR mutations and EML4-ALK rearrangements in lung adenocarcinomas using archived cytological slides. 23408463 2013
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We identified EML4-ALK gene rearrangement in expanded CTCs from a patient with ALK-positive lung adenocarcinoma. 27507192 2017
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A total of 253 patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma received a pemetrexed-based regimen and were classified on the basis of molecular findings as follows: 102 patients (40.3%) with EGFR mutations, 32 patients (12.6%) with EML4-ALK translocation, three patients (1.2%) with KRAS mutations, 19 patients (7.5%) with ROS1 fusion, and 97 patients (38.3%) with quadruple-negative status. 27094798 2016
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Alectinib treatment response in lung adenocarcinoma patient with novel EML4-ALK variant. 30133144 2018
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we found that the lung adenocarcinoma cell line A925L expresses an EML4-ALK gene fusion (variant 5a, E2:A20) and is sensitive to the ALK inhibitors crizotinib and alectinib. 25581823 2015
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE It was histologically characterized with micropapillary, lepidic, and papillary subtypes.The mutation rate of EML4-ALK is relatively high in lung adenocarcinoma patients aged<60 years, pathologically characterized with acinar and solid subtypes with mucin secretion. 29952952 2018
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Male, current smoker, and EML4-ALK variant 3 indicated poor prognosis among ALK fusion-positive lung adenocarcinomas. 26646246 2016
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Detection of ALK rearrangement by immunohistochemistry in lung adenocarcinoma and the identification of a novel EML4-ALK variant. 23625156 2013
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels before initial treatment are associated with EGFR mutations and EML4- ALK fusion gene in lung adenocarcinoma patients. 24935562 2014
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Up till now EGFR gene mutations, KRAS gene mutations and EML4-ALK fusion genes are the most widely recognized alterations involved in both the biology and the clinical management of lung adenocarcinoma. 21129606 2010
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE EML4-ALK translocation predicts better outcome in lung adenocarcinoma patients with wild-type EGFR. 22124476 2012
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Unfortunately, squamous-cell lung cancer patients do not benefit from major advances in the development of targeted therapeutics such as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors that show exquisite activity in lung adenocarcinomas with EGFR mutations or echinoderm microtubule associated protein like-4 (EML4)-ALK fusions, respectively. 22266863 2012
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We successfully established a new lung adenocarcinoma cell line harboring the EML4-ALK fusion gene. 25170107 2014
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The major driver mutations of lung cancer, EGFR mutations and EML4-ALK fusion, are mainly detected in terminal respiratory unit (TRU)-type lung adenocarcinomas, which typically show lepidic and/or papillary patterns, but are rarely associated with a solid or invasive mucinous morphology. 28677170 2017
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Among the 440 patients with adenocarcinoma of lung screened for this study, 46 (10.4%) harboured the EML4-ALK fusion, 90 (20.4%) harboured an activating EGFR mutation, and all had adenocarcinoma. 24361161 2014
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Concomitant EGFR Mutation and EML4-ALK Rearrangement in Lung Adenocarcinoma Is More Frequent in Multifocal Lesions. 31138506 2019
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE EML4-ALK rearrangement is detected in 2% to 7% of lung adenocarcinomas, these tumors are sensitive to crizotinib. 26045865 2015
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Response to crizotinib in a lung adenocarcinoma patient harboring EML4-ALK translocation with adnexal metastasis: A Case Report. 27472693 2016
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE EML4-ALK translocation in both metachronous second primary lung sarcomatoid carcinoma and lung adenocarcinoma: a case report. 23664446 2013
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In addition, the association between MAGE-A expression and the epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) amplification and ALK-EML4 rearrangements of patients with LAC were also analysed. 27864450 2017
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We examined 15 lung adenocarcinomas with reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction-proven EML4-ALK fusion transcripts and 30 ALK-negative cases. 21921848 2011
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this series, 230 resected lung adenocarcinomas from smoker (>100 cigarettes in lifetime) at single center (Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China) were tested for mutation in EGFR, KRAS, BRAF, HER2, EML4-ALK and PIK3CA. 23098378 2013
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE 104 consecutively resected lung adenocarcinomas from 396 non-smoker females (less than 100 cigarettes in a lifetime) at a single institution (Tongji University, Shanghai, China) were analyzed for mutations in EGFR, EML4-ALK, KRAS, HER2, BRAF, and PIK3CA. 22707299 2012