MSH6, mutS homolog 6, 2956

N. diseases: 296; N. variants: 642
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Data suggest that the frequency of MSH6 mutation is higher in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer patients than in atypical hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer and sporadic patients. 19492230 2009
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The estimated cumulative risks of colorectal cancer by age 70 years were 41% (95% confidence intervals [CI], 25%-70%) for MLH1 mutation carriers, 48% (95% CI, 30%-77%) for MSH2, and 12% (95% CI, 8%-22%) for MSH6. 21642682 2011
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The minimum estimate of the prevalence of inherited MSH6 mutation in endometrial cancer is 1.6% (7 of 441), comparable with the predicted prevalence for patients with colorectal cancer. 12732731 2003
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Very low prevalence of germline MSH6 mutations in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer suspected patients with colorectal cancer without microsatellite instability. 17117178 2006
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We aim to better understand MSH6 staining heterogeneity in colorectal cancer by comparative sequencing of different tumor areas for MMR and DNA polymerase mutations. 31783044 2020
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The MSH6 G39E germline polymorphism is not associated with an increased risk of either microsatellite stable or unstable sporadic colorectal cancer. 19582761 2009
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Germline mutations in hMSH6 are rare and rather confer predisposition to late-onset familial colorectal cancer, and frequent extracolonic tumors. 11900875 2002
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE On the other hand, the hexaplex panel has higher sensitivity for the identification of MSH6-deficient tumours (94.7% vs 84.2%) and MMR-deficient tumours other than colorectal cancer (92.9% vs 85.7%). 23652311 2013
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE HMSH6 alterations in patients with microsatellite instability-low colorectal cancer. 10786688 2000
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In female MSH6 mutation carriers, the risk for colorectal cancer was significantly lower (P = 0.0049) and the risk for endometrial cancer significantly higher (P = 0.02) than in MLH1 and MSH2 mutation carriers. 15236168 2004
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Eight novel MSH6 germline mutations in patients with familial and nonfamilial colorectal cancer selected by loss of protein expression in tumor tissue. 14974087 2004
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE High-resolution melting analyses for gene scanning of APC, MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6 associated with hereditary colorectal cancer. 22283331 2012
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Combined deficiency of hMLH1, hMSH2, hMSH3 and hMSH6 is an independent prognostic factor in colorectal cancer. 12469183 2003
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Later age of disease onset and lower incidence of colorectal cancer may contribute to a lower proportion of identified MSH6 mutations in families suspected of HNPCC. 15483016 2004
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Further studies are warranted to understand the genetic and environmental factors responsible for the variable penetration of MSH6 germline mutations, as well as to identify other causes of early-onset colorectal cancer. 16940983 2006
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Examination of the colorectal cancer tissue showed high microsatellite instability (MSI-H) and an exclusive loss of expression of the MSH6 protein. 18409202 2008
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE MSH6 and MUTYH deficiency is a frequent event in early-onset colorectal cancer. 20924129 2010
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Additional loss of MSH2 and MSH6 expression in sporadic deficient mismatch repair colorectal cancer due to MLH1 promoter hypermethylation. 30723092 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a genetic disorder caused by mutation in one of the mismatch repair (MMR) genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2) which predisposes to colorectal cancer and other malignances, that not yet include sarcomas. 22782591 2012
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Prevalence of germline mutations of hMLH1, hMSH2, hPMS1, hPMS2, and hMSH6 genes in 75 French kindreds with nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. 10480359 1999
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE MSH6 mutation carriers have later age of onset of both colorectal cancer (62 vs. 51 years) and endometrial cancer (58 vs. 48 years) and a larger proportion of endometrial cancer than MLH1 or MSH2 mutation carriers. 14961575 2004
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE After filtering, 15 pathogenic germline variants (9.9%) were found in 15 patients, arising from 9 genes of varying penetrance for colorectal cancer (APC (n = 2; 13%), ATM (n = 1; 6%), BRCA1 (n = 2; 13%), CDH1 (n = 2; 13%), CHEK2 (n = 4; 27%), MSH2 (n = 1; 7%), MSH6 (n = 1; 7%), NF2 (n = 1; 7%), and TP53 (n = 1; 7%)). 30730459 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The frequency of MSH6 mutation carriers among patients presenting with MSI-L colorectal cancer has yet to be determined, as has the appropriate genetic workup in this context. 25432668 2015
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between gene polymorphism Glu39Gly (c.116G>A) of the hMSH6 gene and the modulation of the risk of sporadic colorectal cancer in the Polish population. 29442465 2017
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Moreover, the mean age of onset of both colorectal cancer (MSH6 v MSH2/MLH1 = 55 years v 44/41 years) and endometrial carcinomas (MSH6 v MSH2/MLH1 = 55 years v 49/48 years) is delayed. 11333868 2001