MC1R, melanocortin 1 receptor, 4157

N. diseases: 183; N. variants: 33
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0268495
Disease: Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
0.630 GeneticVariation disease CLINVAR Identification and functional characterization of natural human melanocortin 1 receptor mutant alleles in Pakistani population. 26197705 2015
CUI: C0268495
Disease: Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
0.630 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We genetically screened for mutations in the OCA2 and MC1R genes as their products have previously been shown to be associated with red hair/fair skin and OCA2. 20019752 2010
CUI: C0268495
Disease: Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
0.630 Biomarker disease BEFREE We have previously described the role of red hair (melanocortin-1 receptor, MC1R) and blue eye (oculocutaneous albinism type II, OCA2) gene polymorphisms in modulating the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) in a highly sun-exposed population of European descent. 19710684 2010
CUI: C0268495
Disease: Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
0.630 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the P gene were responsible for classic phenotype of oculocutaneous albinism type 2 (OCA2) in all eight, and mutations in the MC1R gene were responsible for the red (rather than yellow/blond) hair in the six of eight who continued to have red hair after birth. 12876664 2003
CUI: C0268495
Disease: Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
0.630 GermlineModifyingMutation disease ORPHANET Mutations in the P gene were responsible for classic phenotype of oculocutaneous albinism type 2 (OCA2) in all eight, and mutations in the MC1R gene were responsible for the red (rather than yellow/blond) hair in the six of eight who continued to have red hair after birth. 12876664 2003
CUI: C0268495
Disease: Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
Oculocutaneous albinism type 2
0.630 Biomarker disease CTD_human
MELANOMA, CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 5
0.600 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT Identification and functional analysis of novel variants of the human melanocortin 1 receptor found in melanoma patients. 19338054 2009
MELANOMA, CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 5
0.600 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT MC1R: three novel variants identified in a malignant melanoma association study in the Spanish population. 17434924 2007
MELANOMA, CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 5
0.600 Biomarker disease CTD_human
MELANOMA, CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO, 5
0.600 SusceptibilityMutation disease CLINVAR
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Homozygous loss of function of the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) is associated with a pheomelanotic pigment phenotype and increased melanoma risk. 31398282 2020
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE We examined known sex-related prognosis factors as they relate to features of melanoma and evaluated the sex-specific role of MC1R in overall and melanoma-specific survival. 31016712 2020
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here we show that methylation of a CpG island (CGI) within the MC1R gene can control expression of MC1R in melanoma. 30267482 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Patients who live in areas of high ultraviolet radiation, and have many large naevi and the red hair colour phenotype, particularly those with the MC1R R/R genotype, have a high risk of melanoma above the threshold recommended for screening in other cancers. 30820946 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Some genetic melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) variants responsible for human red hair color (RHC-variants) are consequently associated with increased melanoma risk. 30787281 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Individuals having melanoma in a visibly UV-damaged site were more likely to carry MC1R rs75570604 (odds ratio [OR] 2.5), 9q31.2 rs10816595 (OR 2.5), and MTAP rs869329 (OR 1.4); these same alleles were more common in MPM patients diagnosed ≤40 years. 31794051 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Germline variants in the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene are common in the population and confer moderate risk for melanoma and basal cell cancers across skin types. 31437847 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE As MC1R has already been suggested to affect melanogenesis and increase risk of developing melanoma, it constitutes one of the best models to understand how natural selection acts on pigmentation. 28486572 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The role of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) in the upregulation of MC1R was also examined in A2058 and MEWO cells. 31318566 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Radiolabeled α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) derivatives have a high potential for diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, because of high specificity and binding affinity to the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R). 30912594 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The Melanocortin 1 Receptor (<i>MC1R</i>) contributes to pigmentation, an important risk factor for developing melanoma. 31488411 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE MC1R R/R genotype was much more frequent in our amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma population (31.1% vs. 11%; P < 0.001; OR 26.4 vs. 5.9; control 1.0). 30680790 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE The absolute lifetime risk to age 75 of getting melanoma in Australia is 23.3% for men and 19.3% for women who have 20+ moles and MC1R R/R genotype, compared to just 0.8% for men and 0.7% for women with 0-4 moles and MC1R wildtype/wildtype genotype. 31674665 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Coinheritance of germline mutation in cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) and loss-of-function (LOF) melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) variants is clinically associated with exaggerated risk for melanoma. 30117292 2019
CUI: C0025202
Disease: melanoma
melanoma
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE <sup>64</sup>Cu- and <sup>68</sup>Ga-labeled alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) analogs targeting the melanocortin-1 receptor are promising positron emission tomography (PET) tracers for detecting melanoma, and the use of <sup>18</sup>F-labeling will further contribute to the detectability and availability. 31297699 2019