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Esophageal cancer

GtoPdb Disease Summaries

This section gives an overview of the disease, and where available shows the following:

  • Synonyms: Shows known synonyms for the disease.
  • Description: Gives a basic description/definition of the disease.
  • Database Link: External links to the same disease at the Disease Ontology, OMIM or Orphanet sites.
  • Immunopharmacology comments: General comments about the target's role in immunopharmacology, provided by GtoImmuPdb curators.
  • Associated with: Counts are displayed for the total targets the disease is associated with in GtoPdb. The counts of targets and ligands of immunological relevance associated to the disease are also shown.

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Disease ID:336
Name:Esophageal cancer
Associated with:4 targets
Database Links
Disease Ontology: DOID:5041
OMIM: 133239

Targets

GtoPdb Disease Summaries - Targets

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Where available, information is display on the role of the target in the disease; drugs which target the disease and their therapeutic use and side-effects.

If there is mutation data curated in GtoPdb this is indicated, with a link back to the appropriate section on the target detailed view page

Immuno ligand interactions - If available, a table of immuno-relevant ligands is shown. These ligands have been curated as having an association to the disease and possess interaction data with the target in GtoPdb. The approval status of the ligand is shown, along with curator comments and an indication of whether the target is considered the primary target of the ligand.

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Key to terms and symbols
CCR7
References:  1
FZD7
Comments:  FZD7 has been implcated in esophageal carcimoma.
References:  2,4
Retinoic acid receptor-β
Role:  Esophageal cancer is associated with RARb loss-of expression.
References:  3
transforming growth factor beta receptor 2

Ligands

GtoPdb Disease Summaries - Ligands

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  • Approved: If the ligand is an approved drug this is indicated, along with approval bodies.
  • Immuno: Immuno icon indicates the ligand is immuno-relevant

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  • Immuno Disease Comments: Curatorial comments specifically added as part of GtoImmuPdb. They give more information on the association between the ligand and disease in the context of immunopharmacology.
  • Clinical Use: General clinical comments relating to the ligand and may not necessarily be specific to the disease in question. With hyperlink to more details on the ligand summary pages.
  • Bioactivty Comments: Curatorial comments specifically about the compounds biological activity - with hyperlink to more details on the ligand summary pages.

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No ligand related data available for Esophageal cancer

References

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1. Ishida K, Iwahashi M, Nakamori M, Nakamura M, Yokoyama S, Iida T, Naka T, Nakamura Y, Yamaue H. (2009) High CCR7 mRNA expression of cancer cells is associated with lymph node involvement in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Int J Oncol, 34 (4): 915-22. [PMID:19287948]

2. King TD, Zhang W, Suto MJ, Li Y. (2012) Frizzled7 as an emerging target for cancer therapy. Cell Signal, 24 (4): 846-51. [PMID:22182510]

3. Qiu H, Zhang W, El-Naggar AK, Lippman SM, Lin P, Lotan R, Xu XC. (1999) Loss of retinoic acid receptor-beta expression is an early event during esophageal carcinogenesis. Am J Pathol, 155 (5): 1519-23. [PMID:10550308]

4. Tanaka S, Akiyoshi T, Mori M, Wands JR, Sugimachi K. (1998) A novel frizzled gene identified in human esophageal carcinoma mediates APC/beta-catenin signals. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 95 (17): 10164-9. [PMID:9707618]