This gene encodes a secreted ligand of the TGF-beta (transforming growth factor-beta) superfamily of proteins. Ligands of this family bind various TGF-beta receptors leading to recruitment and activation of SMAD family transcription factors that regulate
Gene ontology (GO)Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
Evidence Score:★☆☆☆☆ Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only★★☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations★★★☆☆ Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources★★★★☆ ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)★★★★★ ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
CausalDiseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Unknown / Other Associations
ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases
(OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
["Congenital heart defects","Congenital heart disease","Double outlet right ventricle","Progressive myoclonic epilepsy","Heterotaxy syndrome","Right atrial isomerism","Situs ambiguus","Tetralogy of fallot","Transposition of the great arteries"]
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9
["Disgenet (Congenital heart defects)","Disgenet (Congenital heart disease)","Disgenet (Double outlet right ventricle)","Disgenet (Progressive myoclonic epilepsy)","Disgenet (Heterotaxy syndrome)","Disgenet (Right atrial isomerism)","Disgenet (Situs ambiguus)","Disgenet (Tetralogy of fallot)","Disgenet (Transposition of the great arteries)"]
["Double outlet right ventricle","Heterotaxy syndrome","Tetralogy of fallot","Transposition of the great arteries"]
0
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5
["CTD (Double outlet right ventricle)","CTD (Heterotaxy syndrome)","Disgenet (Heterotaxy syndrome)","CTD (Tetralogy of fallot)","CTD (Transposition of the great arteries)"]
["Congenital heart disease","Conotruncal cardiac defect","Tetralogy of fallot"]
0
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6
["Disgenet (Congenital heart disease)","Disgenet (Conotruncal cardiac defect)","CTD (Conotruncal cardiac defect)","CTD (Tetralogy of fallot)","Disgenet (Tetralogy of fallot)","Orphanet (Tetralogy of fallot)"]
Diseases Linked via Similar GenesDiseases curated for genes most similar to GDF1 (see Related Genes above), that are NOT already directly curated for GDF1 itself -- a lead worth checking, not a confirmed association.