GRN, granulin precursor, 2896

N. diseases: 412; N. variants: 66
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Sporadic ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C1862941
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Sporadic
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Sporadic 		0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE The hexanucleotide repeat expansion (GGGGCC) in chromosome 9 open-reading frame 72 (C9orf72) and mutations in the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) and progranulin (GRN) genes are known to be associated with the main causes of familial or sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in Western populations. 24387985 2014