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Symbol VAV2 contributors: mct - updated : 11-01-2017
HGNC name vav 2 guanine nucleotide exchange factor
HGNC id 12658
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s)
Susceptibility
  • to obesity, and HTA
  • Variant & Polymorphism other
  • carrier of the T allele in VAV2 rs602990 polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of obesity, reduced levels of ankle-brachial index and diastolic blood pressure and reduced retinal artery caliber
  • Candidate gene
  • EGFR/VAV2 signaling is involved in cell invasion in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (Patel 2007)
  • Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS