HGF, hepatocyte growth factor, 3082

N. diseases: 671; N. variants: 22
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0206682
Disease: Follicular thyroid carcinoma
Follicular thyroid carcinoma
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Because 1) HGF and c-met map to chromosome 7q21 and 7q31, respectively, 2) FTC loses genetic material at multiple loci with a frequency much higher than PTC, and 3) loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on 7q has been previously found in various tumors, we tested the hypothesis that both FTC and ATC, but not PTC, could harbor LOH in segments of 7q encompassing the loci for HGF and c-met. 10487693 1999