Annotation Detail
Information
- Associated Genes
- AKT3
- Associated Variants
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AKT3 MUTATION
AKT3 MUTATION - Associated Disease
- Macular dystrophy, corneal type 1
- Source Database
- DisGeNET
- Description
- Over the past decade enhanced activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-signaling cascade has been identified in focal malformations of cortical development (MCD) subtypes, which have been collectively referred to as mTORopathies. Mutations in mTOR regulatory genes (e.g., TSC1, TSC2, AKT3, DEPDC5) have been associated with several focal MCD highly associated with epilepsy such as tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), hemimegalencephaly (HME; brain malformation associated with dramatic enlargement of one brain hemisphere), and cortical dysplasia. mTOR plays important roles in the regulation of cell division, growth, and survival, and, thus, aberrant activation of the cascade during cortical development can cause dramatic alterations in cell size, cortical lamination, and axon and dendrite outgrowth often observed in focal MCD.
- Pubmed
- 25833943
- Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
- ALL_TEXT_1/3
- Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
- 1
- Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
- 1
- Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
- BeFree
- DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
- 0.000271441872080303
Drugs