MSH6, mutS homolog 6, 2956

N. diseases: 296; N. variants: 642
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We evaluated the pathogenicity of 20 such mutations (6 in MLH1, 4 in MSH2, and 7 in MSH6) found in Spanish patients suspected of Lynch syndrome. 23523604 2013
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A novel heterozygous large deletion of MSH6 gene in a Chinese family with Lynch syndrome. 30974197 2019
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE About 24% of the mutations identified in Lynch syndrome are missense substitutions and the frequency of missense variants in MSH6 is the highest amongst these MMR genes. 23621914 2013
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Second, when we focused on Lynch syndrome (LS) with additional selected patients, 45 were identified to carry pathogenic mutations in MMR genes, with a higher frequency found in MSH2 and MSH6. 31054147 2019
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder that is associated with an increased predisposition to certain cancers caused by loss-of-function mutations in one of four DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, or PMS2). 30653781 2019
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genetic testing revealed deleterious germline mutation of MSH6, which was compatible with Lynch syndrome. 27928858 2017
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The cases demonstrated diffuse MLH1 loss associated with BRAF mutations and MLH1 promoter hypermethylation in keeping with sporadic dMMR, with presumed additional double hit mutations in MSH2+/-MSH6 rather than underlying LS. 30723092 2019
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We recreated three MSH6 variants found in suspected Lynch syndrome families, MSH6-P1087R, MSH6-R1095H and MSH6-L1354Q, and found all three to behave like wild type MSH6. 24040339 2013
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Overall, 17/23 (74%) subjects carried LS-associated gene variants (MLH1: 10; MSH2: 4; MSH6: 2; PMS2: 1), with 2 alleles (MLH1 c.677G > T and MSH2 с.1906G > C) detected twice. 31491536 2020
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The diagnosis of Lynch syndrome due to a mutation in MSH6 was therefore established. 28460341 2017
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Lynch syndrome (hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer) is an inherited disease caused by germ-line mutation in mismatch repair genes such as MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6. 19685281 2009
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have previously shown that even a partial expression decrease in MLH1, MSH2, or MSH6 suggests that heterozygous LS mutation carriers have MMR malfunction in constitutive tissues. 30946512 2019
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Most recently, MYH-associated polyposis (MAP) and an "atypical Lynch syndrome" related to the presence of MSH6 mutations have been linked to an increased risk of CRC. 17920897 2007
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Characterization of a novel founder MSH6 mutation causing Lynch syndrome in the French Canadian population. 25318681 2015
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE However, 3 cases of Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal carcinoma due to germline MSH6 mutation revealed complete loss of MSH6 expression with discordant positive Ki-67 staining in the tumor cells. 28232158 2017
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE No CRC was found during follow-up of patients with Lynch syndrome carrying pathogenic variants in MSH6; advanced neoplasia developed over shorter follow-up time periods in patients with pathogenic variants in MLH1 or MSH2. 31470178 2019
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Comprehensive population-wide analysis of Lynch syndrome in Iceland reveals founder mutations in MSH6 and PMS2. 28466842 2017
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Families suspected of Lynch syndrome (n = 614) were analysed for microsatellite instability, MLH1 promoter methylation and/or germline mutations in MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2. 17453009 2007
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Evidence from Lynch syndrome indicates that pathogenic germline mutations in MSH6 are typically microsatellite stable and have a clinical presentation that differs from that associated with germline mutations in MSH2 and/or MLH1. 28323777 2017
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal-dominant inherited disorder mainly caused by a germline mutation in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2) and is associated with increased risk for various cancers, particularly colorectal cancer and endometrial cancer (EC). 26848797 2016
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Truncating mutations MSH6*c.3984_3987dupGTCA and MSH6*c.3959_3962delCAAG cause Lynch syndrome and are founder mutations in Ashkenazi Jews. 21155762 2011
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Carriers of MSH6 mutations constitute less than 10% of the total of cases with Lynch syndrome and present with a weaker clinical phenotype, including low levels of microsatellite instability (MSI-L) in colorectal tumors. 25432668 2015
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The index case with Lynch syndrome harbours a heterozygous mutation in the mismatch repair MSH6 gene. 27456091 2016
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE By confirming that the tumor was not dMMR and not MSI-H, it was concluded that his oral pharynx cancer was sporadic, rather than LS-related, and other family members carrying the mutated MSH6 are unlikely to be at above-average risk for the development of oral cancers, as a result of the LS. 31445773 2019
CUI: C4552100
Disease: Lynch Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A 56-year-old female with LS due to MSH2 and MSH6 mutations presented with panhypopituitarism and a sellar mass. 31491579 2019