Source: BEFREE

Gene Disease Score gda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Entrez Id: 100616100
Gene Symbol: ERVK-2
ERVK-2
CUI: C0023903
Disease: Liver neoplasms
Liver neoplasms 		0.010 Biomarker BEFREE (b) Among peptides covering the entire sequence of human IL-6 and the corresponding antipeptide antibodies, the peptide IL-6[35-66] and anti-IL-6[35-66] most effectively inhibited the interaction between human hepatoma HepG2 cells and the preS(21-47) ligand, suggesting that this region of the human IL-6 sequence encompasses a binding site for the HBV env protein. 1334115

1992