Gene
BAX
BCL2 associated X, apoptosis regulator
Explore in graph →CI-GENE-00021633HGNC:959 ENSG00000087088 NCBI 581 CIViC Approved
Curated evidence
Clinical evidence (2)
CIViC items involving this gene, grouped by molecular profile and therapy, with native levels and directions. 50 items per page.
- Source
- CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
- Dataset
- CIViC evidence items
- Version
- civic-2026-09-08
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- expert curation
- License
- CC0 1.0
- PMID
- 36219880
- Run
- ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAX mutation1 | ||||||||
| Venetoclax | Acute Myeloid LeukemiaCURATED_BROADER | Predictive | D | Supports Resistance | 2 | submitted | EID12423BAX mutation was found in AML samples that were refractory to venetoclax. In in vitro experiments, BH-3 mimetics enriches for BAX mutation. Deficiency of BAX impairs efficacy of BH-3 mimetics targetin… (full text at CIViC) PMID 36219880 · Moujalled et al., 2023 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| AXIN2 P455K + BAX L76R + BRAF V600E + CDKN2A Deletion + CDKN2B Deletion + TET2 E796KCDKN2BTET2BAXAXIN2BRAFCDKN2A1 | ||||||||
| Cobimetinib | ||||||||
Cohorts
Alteration frequency by cohort (2)
Frequency = cases affected / cases profiled within one cohort. Cohorts are never pooled.
- Source
- cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics (public studies)
- Dataset
- cBioPortal mutated genes by study
- Version
- cbioportal-2026-09-01
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- cohort
- License
- ODC Open Database License (ODC-ODbL) unless otherwise noted per study; attribution to the original studies required
- PMID
- 18772890
- Run
- ING-CBIOPORTAL-20260908-000001
| Cohort | Mapped cancer | Alteration | Affected (n) | Profiled (n) | Frequency (%) | Rank in cohort | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glioblastoma (TCGA, Nature 2008) gbm_tcga_pub | Diffuse Glioma | Ssm | 1 | 91 | 1.1% |
Literature
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