FAP, fibroblast activation protein alpha, 2191

N. diseases: 216; N. variants: 7
Source: ALL
Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs1270939186
rs1270939186
Entrez Id: 2191
Gene Symbol: FAP
FAP
CUI: C0027651
Disease:
Neoplasms
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE In vitro studies revealed that cells expressing wild type FAP or FAP(S624A) degrade extracellular matrix (ECM) more extensively, accumulate higher levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in conditioned medium, are more invasive in type I collagen gels, and have altered signaling compared to control transfectants that do not express FAP and form slow growing tumors. 21604185 2011