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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for podoconiosis

Podoconiosis [DOID:0050138]

An elephantiasis that is characterized by lymphadema located_in the lower extremities caused by a genetically determined abnormal inflammatory reaction to mineral particles in irritant red clay soils derived from volcanic deposits.

Synonyms:  podoconiosis,  DOID:0050138,  podoconiosises

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.