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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma

Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma [DOID:0080372]

An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor composed of epithelioid or round cells with a characteristic perinuclear or nuclear membrane staining pattern with ALK immunohistochemistry, frequently dispersed in myxoid stroma with prominent neutrophils or lymphocytes, and often absence of plasma cells.

Synonyms:  epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma,  DOID:0080372,  epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcomas

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.