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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for pilocytic astrocytoma

Pilocytic astrocytoma [DOID:4851]

A childhood low-grade glioma that is characterized by cells that look like fibers when viewed under a microscope and is located_in the brain.

Synonyms:  pilocytic astrocytoma,  DOID:4851,  pilocytic astrocytomas,  grade I Astrocytic tumor,  Piloid astrocytoma ...

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.