KRT5, keratin 5, 3852

N. diseases: 203; N. variants: 58
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Experimental Organism Basal Cell Carcinoma
0.030 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE BCC demonstrated outer (KRT5, KRT514, KRT516, KRT517 and KRT519) and inner (KRT25, KRT27, KRT28, KRT32, KRT35, KRT71, KRT75 and KRT85) root sheath differentiation, but not hair shaft differentiation. 31580512 2019
Experimental Organism Basal Cell Carcinoma
0.030 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE We evaluated 20 cases of BCC for the pattern of CD56 and cytokeratin 5/6 (CK5/6) staining, hypothesizing that these 2 stains could differentiate BCC from MCC in difficult cases. 28403527 2017
Experimental Organism Basal Cell Carcinoma
0.030 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE SNP rs11170164, encoding a G138E substitution in the keratin 5 (KRT5) gene, affects risk of BCC (OR = 1.35, P = 2.1 x 10(-9)). 19578363 2009