Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0278134
Disease: Absence of sensation
Absence of sensation
0.010 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE A role has been suggested for the two-pore domain (K2P) potassium channel, TWIK-related spinal cord potassium channel (TRESK, encoded by KCNK18), in pain pathways and general anaesthesia. 20871611 2010
CUI: C0596240
Disease: Cancer Pain
Cancer Pain
0.010 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Here, we found that the reduced abundance of potassium channels called TRESK in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons sensitized nociceptive sensory neurons and cancer-associated pain. 30327410 2018
CUI: C0338480
Disease: Common Migraine
Common Migraine
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our study shows the presence of several KCNK18 gene mutations in both migraine with aura and migraine without aura. 25324165 2014
CUI: C0338480
Disease: Common Migraine
Common Migraine
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Sixty patients with migraine without aura (MO) or with different types of migraine with aura (MA), including sporadic hemiplegic, familial hemiplegic, and probable familial hemiplegic, were screened for mutations in the four genes previously linked with different types of migraine (ATP1A2, CACNA1A, SCN1A, and KCNK18). 26747084 2016
CUI: C1611743
Disease: Familial (FPAH)
Familial (FPAH)
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Sixty patients with migraine without aura (MO) or with different types of migraine with aura (MA), including sporadic hemiplegic, familial hemiplegic, and probable familial hemiplegic, were screened for mutations in the four genes previously linked with different types of migraine (ATP1A2, CACNA1A, SCN1A, and KCNK18). 26747084 2016
CUI: C2349453
Disease: Familial migraine
Familial migraine
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Other genes displayed enriched expression in the trigeminal compared to dorsal root ganglion, and in-depth transcriptomic analysis of the KCNK18 gene underlying familial migraine shows selective neural expression within two specific populations of ganglionic neurons. 28699403 2018
CUI: C2349453
Disease: Familial migraine
Familial migraine
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A dominant-negative mutation in the TRESK potassium channel is linked to familial migraine with aura. 20871611 2010
Hemiplegic migraine, familial type 1
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE On the other hand, the presence of KCNK18 mutation indicated another FHM subtype. 26747084 2016
CUI: C0020429
Disease: Hyperalgesia
Hyperalgesia
0.010 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Compared with SNI rats, intrathecal injection of TRESK gene recombinant adenovirus significantly downregulated the expression levels of Cx36 and Cx43 and suppressed the activation of gliocytes in the spinal cord, with hyperalgesia significantly reduced. 28160200 2017
CUI: C0751214
Disease: Hyperalgesia, Thermal
Hyperalgesia, Thermal
0.010 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Using the chronic nitroglycerine rodent migraine model, we demonstrate that mice lacking TRESK develop exaggerated nitroglycerine-induced mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia, and furthermore, show that cloxyquin conversely is able to prevent sensitization. 31742594 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.010 Biomarker group BEFREE Thus, we investigated the expression pattern of three 2-pore domain potassium channels (K2Ps) TASK1, TASK3 and TRESK in advanced oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), the commonest oral malignancy. 30818127 2019
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This review will elaborate on the possible role of the TRESK channel in regulating neuronal excitability, its role in migraine pathogenesis, and on promising therapeutic opportunities targeting this channel. 21855646 2011
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This review will focus on the genetics of migraine with particular emphasis placed on the potentially important role genes HEPH (responsible for iron transport and homeostasis) and KCNK18 (important for the transport and homeostasis of potassium) play in migraine cause. 28389699 2017
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Collectively, our findings provide evidence for a role of TRESK in migraine pathogenesis and its suitability as a therapeutic target. 31742594 2019
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Recently, several mutations in KCNK18 have also been found as causative factors in migraine development. 26747084 2016
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE We also identified prominent TRESK expression in migraine-salient areas such as the trigeminal ganglion. 20871611 2010
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This new inhibitor may be of use to probe the role of TRESK channel in migraine and nociception. 30979812 2019
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE KCNK18 (TRESK) genetic variants in Italian patients with migraine. 25324165 2014
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE In this study, three common polymorphisms in the KCNK18 gene were analysed for genetic variation in an Australian case-control migraine population consisting of 340 migraine cases and 345 controls. 23911303 2013
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Tandem pore domain weak inward rectifier potassium channel (TWIK)-related spinal cord K⁺ (TRESK; K<sub>2P</sub>18.1) channel is the only member of the two-pore domain K⁺ (K<sub>2P</sub>) channel family that is activated by an increase in intracellular Ca<sup>2+</sup> concentration ([Ca<sup>2+</sup>]<sub>i</sub>) and linked to migraines. 29973548 2018
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Here, we identify a new mechanism, termed frameshift mutation-induced alternative translation initiation (fsATI), that may explain why only TRESK-MT is associated with migraine. fsATI leads to the production of a second protein fragment, TRESK-MT2, which co-assembles with and inhibits TREK1 and TREK2, two other two-pore-domain K+ channels, to increase trigeminal sensory neuron excitability, leading to a migraine-like phenotype in rodents. 30573346 2019
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE TWIK-related spinal cord potassium channel is involved in migraine by screening the KCNK18 gene in subjects diagnosed with migraine. 23919895 2013
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE In this issue of Neuron, Royal et al.(2018) find that a mutant form of the TRESK ion channel linked to migraine undergoes alternative translation to produce an inhibitory protein that blocks TREK channels, leading to neuronal hyperexcitability and migraine in rodents. 30653930 2019
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE A single migraine study using a candidate-gene approach was performed in 2010 identifying a rare mutation in the TRESK potassium channel segregating in a large family with migraine with aura, but this finding has later become questioned. 28255817 2017
CUI: C0149931
Disease: Migraine Disorders
Migraine Disorders
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE In situ hybridization studies of the mouse Kcnk18 ortholog show that it is developmentally expressed in the trigeminal and dorsal root ganglia, further supporting the involvement of this gene in migraine pathogenesis. 23030542 2012