KRT8, keratin 8, 3856

N. diseases: 166; N. variants: 16
Disease: Age related macular degeneration ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0242383
Disease: Age related macular degeneration
Age related macular degeneration 		0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thus, regulated enhancement of autophagy with concurrent increased expression of KRT8 and the inhibition of KRT8 phosphorylation serve to inhibit oxidative stress-induced EMT of RPE cells as well as to prevent cell death, suggesting that pharmacological manipulation of KRT8 upregulation through autophagy with combined inhibition of the MAPK1/3 pathway may be attractive therapeutic strategies for the treatment of AMD. 28045574 2017