Variant · Deletion
KIT K550_W557del
CI-VAR-00002138Explore in graph →ENST00000288135.5:c.1648_1671del AAACCCATGTATGAAGTACAGTGGCIViC 948
Curated evidence
Evidence by cancer (2 items)
Grouped by cancer context first, then therapy. The same variant can be sensitizing in one cancer and irrelevant in another — contexts are never merged. 50 items per page; a cancer group may continue on the next 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
- 21364689
- Run
- ING-CIVIC-20260908-000001
| Molecular profile | Therapy | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor2 | ||||||||
| KIT K550_W557del | Imatinib | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | — | submitted | EID2395Molecular models predict that deletion of a portion of the juxtamembrane domain relieves steric hindrance and results in higher binding affinity for imatinib. PMID 21364689 · Pierotti et al., 2011 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| KIT K550_W557del | Imatinib + Ponatinib + Regorafenib + SunitinibSubstitutes | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | accepted | EID4583In an in vitro study, an IL3 independent Ba/F3 cell line expressing KIT K550_W557del primary activating mutation demonstrated sensitivity to imatinib (IC50: 13nmol/L), sunitinib (IC50: 5nmol/L), regor… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25239608 · | |
ClinVar
Clinical significance (0)
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