TAS2R38, taste 2 receptor member 38, 5726

N. diseases: 149; N. variants: 5
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.540 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We used family-based association methods to test for association between TAS2R38 haplotypes and alcohol dependence as well as a measure of alcohol consumption (Maxdrinks) and age of onset of drinking behaviors in a sample of families densely affected with alcoholism. 17250611 2007
CUI: C0001973
Disease: Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic
0.540 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We develop a pharmacokinetic model describing how genetic variations in ADH1B, ADH1C, ADH7, ALDH2, and TAS2R38 affect consumption behavior, and alcohol and acetaldehyde levels over time in various tissues of individuals with a particular genotype to predict their susceptibility to alcohol dependence. 20714161 2010
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE In mid-2006, the authors conducted a study of allele frequencies for the lactase (LCT) and taste receptor, type 2, member 38 (TAS2R38) genes, including 634 volunteers recruited (1992-1998) from the Italian branch of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. 17596267 2007
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Papillary thyroid cancer subjects harboring RET/PTC rearrangements developed this cancer earlier than did cases with BRAF(V600E) mutation (P = 0.03). 18757433 2008
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Histologically, 96% of RAS-positive PTC malignancies were follicular variants of PTC, whereas 70% of BRAF-positive malignancies were classical variants of PTC. 27689252 2016
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Frequent allelic losses on chromosome 9 are seen in a wide variety of human tumors; moreover, two genes (P16 and PTC) whose mutant alleles confer predispositions to some inherited cancer syndromes have been identified on this chromosome. 9818027 1998
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Our finding of tumor-specific patterns of NR expression, as well as significant differences in NR expression between BRAF(V600E) and wild type BRAF PTC, provides a basis for further mechanistic studies and highlights potential novel therapeutic targets for this malignancy. 24559275 2014
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE While the presence of a BRAF and RET/PTC mutation was associated with cancer in 100% of samples each, the presence of a RAS and PAX8/PPARG mutation was associated with cancer in only 12% and 50% of samples, respectively. 23837487 2014
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The 20 positive for malignancy samples included two invasive follicular variant of PTC, 16 PTCs and two medullary carcinomas. 29683529 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE BRAF or RET/PTC mutations were always associated with cancer, whereas RAS mutations were mainly associated with cancer (74%) but also follicular adenoma (26%). 20130073 2010
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Genetic variation in TAS2R38 bitterness taste receptor could alter the efficacy of molecular sensing, hence may be associated with cancer risk. 30663393 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE An intrathyroidal papillary cancer had an N61 ras mutation and a ret/PTC gene rearrangement. 9889797 1999
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The aim of this study was to identify all published cases of PTC and FTC muscle metastases and derive the true incidence of this malignancy. 29731874 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Patients in the PTC-EFB group had higher preoperative bilirubin (243 versus 169 μmol/l, p = 0.005) and a higher incidence of malignancy (87% versus 67%, p = 0.008). 28302441 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE TAS2R38 gene variants are associated with alterations in individual sensitivity to bitter taste and food intake; hence, these genetic variants may modify the risk for diet-related diseases, including cancer. 27245112 2016
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we use an 18 Mb region on 10q11.2-21 containing the RET gene and its recombination partners, the H4 and NCOA4 (ELE1) genes, as a model chromosomal region frequently involved in RET/PTC rearrangements in thyroid cancer. 16331264 2006
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE BRAF(V600E) mutation analysis is superior to RAS point mutations and evaluation of RET/PTC rearrangements in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer, even in indeterminate lesions. 25333496 2015
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Furthermore, activation of specific subtypes of the ret/PTC tyrosine kinase oncogene appears to be more common in radiation-associated thyroid cancers than in spontaneous thyroid cancers. 10787193 2000
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Thyroid cancer (TC) is frequently associated with BRAF or RAS oncogenic mutations and RET/PTC rearrangements, with aberrant RAF-MEK-ERK and/or PI3K pathway activation. 26265449 2015
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Common mutations found in thyroid cancer are point mutation of the BRAF and RAS genes as well as RET/PTC and PAX8/PPARγ chromosomal rearrangements. 21878896 2011
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The molecular pathology of thyroid cancer is now better understood because of our ability to identify RET/PTC rearrangements and BRAF mutations in the aetiopathogenesis of the large majority of PTCs and the high prevalence of RAS mutations and PAX8/PPARgamma rearrangements in follicular patterned carcinomas (FTCs and follicular variant of PTCs). 19147628 2009
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We evaluated the best tagging SNPs from our previous PTC study and additionally included SNPs in or near FOXE1 and NKX2-1 genes, known susceptibility loci for thyroid cancer. 27207655 2016
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Analysis of ret/PTC gene rearrangements refines the fine needle aspiration diagnosis of thyroid cancer. 11344225 2001
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Twenty-four (27%) of 89 patients were diagnosed with thyroid cancer (50% papillary thyroid carcinoma [PTC], 50% follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma [FVPTC]). 25627462 2015
CUI: C0007115
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Of 265 TC, 34 (12.8%) harbored TERT promoter mutations, including 10/153 (6.5%) conventional papillary TC (CPTC), 8/57 (14.0%) follicular variant PTC, 9/30 (30%) tall cell variant PTC, 1/3 (30%) Hurthle cell thyroid cancer (HTC), 1/5 (20%) follicular TC, and 5/13 (38.5%) poorly differentiated TC. 26354077 2015