KRT8, keratin 8, 3856

N. diseases: 166; N. variants: 16
Source: ALL
Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs55958994
rs55958994
Entrez Id: 3856
Gene Symbol: KRT8
KRT8
CUI: C0376358
Disease:
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE Our data suggest that the rs55958994-associated enhancer affects prostate cancer progression by influencing expression of multiple genes via long-range chromatin interactions. 31328168 2019
dbSNP: rs4919743
rs4919743
Entrez Id: 3856
Gene Symbol: KRT8
KRT8
CUI: C0376358
Disease:
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE One SNP (rs4919743: G>A), located at the KRT8 locus at 12q13.13 which encodes a keratin protein (K8) long used as a prostate epithelial malignancy marker and implicated in the tumorigenesis of several cancer types, was identified to be associated with PCa risk. 21960693 2011