Associated Genetic Biomarkers
Associated Diseases
Associated Pathways

Overview

Location [1]
7q34
Pathways
Kinase fusions, MAP kinase signaling
Synonyms [1]
RAFB1, NS7, B-RAF1, BRAF1, B-raf

BRAF (B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase) is a gene that encodes the protein serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf. BRAF is involved in many cellular processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, and transcriptional regulation. Mutant BRAF has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several cancers, including melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, colorectal cancer, papillary thyroid cancer, and ovarian cancer (PMID: 12068308).

Biomarker-Directed Therapies

Significance of BRAF in Diseases

Melanoma +

Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Colorectal Carcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Undifferentiated (Anaplastic) Carcinoma +

Hairy Cell Leukemia +

Cholangiocarcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma +

Pilocytic Astrocytoma +

Erdheim-Chester Disease +

Ganglioglioma +

Mature B-Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia +

Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma +

Malignant Solid Tumor +

Cutaneous Melanoma +

Glioma +

Multiple Myeloma +

Breast Carcinoma +

Pancreatic Carcinoma +

Cancer +

Low Grade Glioma +

Ovarian Carcinoma +

Colorectal Adenocarcinoma +

Gastric Carcinoma +

Melanoma Of Unknown Primary +

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma +

Thyroid Gland Carcinoma +

Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma +

Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Adenocarcinoma Of The Gastroesophageal Junction +

Bladder Carcinoma +

Esophageal Carcinoma +

Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor +

Head And Neck Carcinoma +

Lymphoma +

Malignant Glioma +

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma +

Renal Cell Carcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Adenocarcinoma +

Urothelial Carcinoma +

Acute Myeloid Leukemia +

Anaplastic Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma +

Cervical Carcinoma +

Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia +

Colon Carcinoma +

Germ Cell Tumor +

Hepatocellular Carcinoma +

Histiocytic And Dendritic Cell Neoplasm +

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis +

Lung Carcinoma +

Malignant Salivary Gland Neoplasm +

Mucosal Melanoma +

Myelodysplastic Syndromes +

Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma +

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma +

Soft Tissue Sarcoma +

Ameloblastoma +

Anaplastic Ganglioglioma +

Astrocytic Tumor +

B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma +

Bile Duct Carcinoma +

Biliary Tract Carcinoma +

Bronchogenic Carcinoma +

Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia +

Colon Adenocarcinoma +

Diffuse Glioma +

Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor +

Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma +

Endometrial Carcinoma +

Gallbladder Carcinoma +

Gangliocytoma +

Gastric Adenocarcinoma +

Glioblastoma +

Hepatobiliary Neoplasm +

Histiocytic Sarcoma +

Histiocytosis +

Hodgkin Lymphoma +

Juvenile Xanthogranuloma +

Lip And Oral Cavity Carcinoma +

Low-Grade Neuroepithelial Tumor, NOS +

Malignant Central Nervous System Neoplasm +

Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm +

Malignant Hepatobiliary Neoplasm +

Malignant Laryngeal Neoplasm +

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor +

Malignant Uterine Neoplasm +

Merkel Cell Carcinoma +

Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm In The Brain +

Nasal Cavity And Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma +

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma +

Neuroblastoma +

Neurofibroma +

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 +

Neuronal And Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors +

Optic Nerve Glioma +

Oropharyngeal Carcinoma +

Papillary Craniopharyngioma +

Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma +

Primary Brain Neoplasm +

Prostate Carcinoma +

Rectal Carcinoma +

Rhabdoid Tumor +

Schwannoma +

Skin Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma +

Solid Neoplasm +

Splenic Diffuse Red Pulp Small B-Cell Lymphoma +

Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

Thymic Carcinoma +

Thyroid Gland Squamous Cell Carcinoma +

References

1. Hart R and Prlic A. Universal Transcript Archive Repository. Version uta_20180821. San Francisco CA: Github;2015. https://github.com/biocommons/uta

2. The UniProt Consortium. UniProt: a worldwide hub of protein knowledge. Nucleic Acids Research. 2019;47:D506-D515.

3. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

4. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.