Gene
NQO1
NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1
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Curated evidence
Clinical evidence (3)
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
- 21964527
- Run
- ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NQO1 EXPRESSION1 | ||||||||
| Amrubicin | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | Predictive | D | Supports Resistance | 2 | accepted | EID940Higher expression of NQO1 was correlated with decreased cytotoxicity of amrubicin (amrubicinol is the active metabolite) in 27 NSCLC and SCLC cell lines. siRNA knockdown of NQO1 (in two cell lines) i… (full text at CIViC) PMID 21964527 · Takakuwa et al., 2011 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| NQO1 Overexpression1 | ||||||||
| NSC84167 | Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | accepted | EID12560In preclinical pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) models with high NQ01 expression, which indicates the NFE2L2 (NRF2) pathway activation, the small molecule NSC84167 (NSLC01, 50 mg/kg) selectivel… (full text at CIViC) | |
Cohorts
Alteration frequency by cohort (1)
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
- 25470049
- Run
- ING-CBIOPORTAL-20260908-000001
| Cohort | Mapped cancer | Alteration | Affected (n) | Profiled (n) | Frequency (%) | Rank in cohort | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer Xenografts (British Columbia, Nature 2015) brca_bccrc_xenograft_2014 | Invasive Breast Carcinoma | Ssm | 12 |
Literature
Linked publications (2)
25 per page, newest first.
- Source
- PubMed (NLM)
- Dataset
- PubMed E-utilities
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)