Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
LEP
Associated Variants
LEP MUTATION
LEP MUTATION
Associated Disease
Tumor Progression
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Interestingly, inhibition of autophagic process by treatment with inhibitors and LC3B gene silencing blocked leptin-induced increase in cell number and suppression of apoptosis, indicating a crucial role of autophagy in leptin-induced tumor progression.
Pubmed
25704884
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_3/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
3
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
5
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00217153497664243
Drugs