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ACVR2A

ACVR2A is a gene biomarker in the evidence tier "FDA companion diagnostic". This page lists evidence by type: FDA companion diagnostic assertions (1), Assay-provider ledger (5), Target-disease associations (461), and 4 more evidence types, each linked to its source.

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FDA companion diagnostic assertions FDA companion diagnostic assertions 1 Assay-provider ledger Assay-provider ledger 5 Target-disease associations Target-disease associations 461 Vendor sourcing Vendor sourcing 3 Trial-cited literature Trial-cited literature 41 Literature-extracted relations Literature-extracted relations 5 Organizations publishing Organizations publishing 96 FDA companion diagnostic assertions FDA companion diagnostic assertions 1 Assay-provider ledger Assay-provider ledger 5 Target-disease associations Target-disease associations 461 Vendor sourcing Vendor sourcing 3 Trial-cited literature Trial-cited literature 41 Literature-extracted relations Literature-extracted relations 5 Organizations publishing Organizations publishing 96

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5 sections measured, none recorded

FDA companion diagnostic

An FDA-cleared or approved companion diagnostic names this biomarker.

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Evidence over time

Share of that year: what fraction of the papers our biomarker dictionary matched in a year mention ACVR2A. The denominator is documents that mention any gene, not every registered document, so improving the matcher moves both halves and never rewrites history. Actionable-biomarker and target-disease-association evidence carries no date in our sources, so it is not on this chart. Publication mentions cover only papers cited by a registered clinical trial, not all of PubMed.

Publication mentions: plotted from 1990 to 2023, the years our matched corpus covers. Not plotted: 1 at the structurally incomplete recent edge.

The yearly numbers
ACVR2A per year, by evidence type, the most recent 10 years, newest first; the chart covers 1990 to 2023. The share is of the papers our biomarker dictionary matched that year, not of the literature at large, and a blank year is one our matched corpus does not cover at all.
Year Publication mentions Share of that year
2023 1 of 11,460 0.01%
2022 4 of 13,598 0.03%
2021 8 of 15,045 0.05%
2020 2 of 14,459 0.01%
2019 4 of 12,159 0.03%
2018 3 of 11,854 0.03%
2017 3 of 11,595 0.03%
2016 1 of 10,983 0.01%
2015 4 of 11,395 0.04%
2014 2 of 10,367 0.02%

FDA companion diagnostic assertions (1)

Shown in this order: most recent decision first.

FDA companion diagnostic assertions
Diagnostic Source biomarker wording Manufacturer Indication Decision date
Idylla CDx MSI Test ACVR2A Biocartis US, Inc. Colorectal Cancer (CRC) 2025-08-15

Assay-provider ledger (5)

Shown in this order: most recent publication first.

Assay-provider ledger
Company Provider class Validation Papers Most recent publication
Biocartis Diagnostic provider Clinical validation 3 September 01, 2025
Agilent Technologies Reagent supplier Clinical validation 1 July 24, 2021
DAKO (Carpinteria, CA, USA) - IHC antibodies and Autostainer Link 48 platform Context dependent Clinical validation 1 July 24, 2021
Diatech Pharmacogenetics Diagnostic provider Clinical validation 1 July 24, 2021
Qiagen (Hilden, Germany) - Mini Amp DNA extraction kit Reagent supplier Clinical validation 1 July 24, 2021

Target-disease associations (461)

Shown in this order: fixed catalogue order, not ranked.

Target-disease associations
Disease Therapeutic area Source
46,XX disorder of sex development - skeletal anomalies cancer or benign tumor Mouse knockout (IMPC)
46,XX disorder of sex development-skeletal anomalies syndrome endocrine system disease Mouse knockout (IMPC)
46,XX gonadal dysgenesis endocrine system disease Mouse knockout (IMPC)
46,XX ovotesticular disorder of sex development endocrine system disease Mouse knockout (IMPC)
46,XX testicular disorder of sex development endocrine system disease Mouse knockout (IMPC)

Vendor sourcing (3)

Shown in this order: alphabetical by organization.

Vendor sourcing
Organization Role Tier Evidence Citation
Ambry Genetics (United States) Testing lab / CRO (runs the assay) Clinical-testing interpretation submitted (ClinVar)ClinVar clinical-testing submission The c.1088G>A (p.R363Q) alteration is located in exon 9 (coding exon 9) of the ACVR2A gene. This alteration results from a G to A substitution at nucleotide ... View ClinVar record SCV003575979.2
Nationwide Children's Hospital Testing lab / CRO (runs the assay) Clinical-testing interpretation submitted (ClinVar)ClinVar clinical-testing submission No supporting text recorded; see the citation. View ClinVar record SCV007105152.1
Not resolved to an organization Diagnostics manufacturer FDA-authorized companion diagnosticFDA companion diagnostic authorization Microsatellite instability-High (MSI-H) View FDA device record

Trial-cited literature (41)

Shown in this order: newest first, then most cited.

Trial-cited literature
Publication Journal Year Citations
Genomic characterization and immunotherapy for microsatellite instability-high in cholangiocarcinoma. BMC medicine 2024 38
Discovery of ginisortamab, a potent and novel anti-gremlin-1 antibody in clinical development for the treatment of cancer. mAbs 2023 10
Mutations of PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway as predictors for immune cell infiltration and immunotherapy efficacy in dMMR/MSI-H gastric adenocarcinoma. BMC medicine 2022 68
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Genetics, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management. Journal of clinical medicine 2022 30
Cancer-Related Cachexia: The Vicious Circle between Inflammatory Cytokines, Skeletal Muscle, Lipid Metabolism and the Possible Role of Physical Training. International journal of molecular sciences 2022 27

Literature-extracted relations (5)

Shown in this order: chemicals, then diseases.

Literature-extracted relations
Related entity Kind Source relation label Paper Year
Insulin Resistance Disease associate Effect of Bimagrumab vs Placebo on Body Fat Mass Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. 2021
Neoplasms, Adipose Tissue Disease associate Effect of Bimagrumab vs Placebo on Body Fat Mass Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial. 2021
Heart Failure Disease associate Activin type II receptor signaling in cardiac aging and heart failure. 2019
Muscular Atrophy Disease associate Activin type II receptor signaling in cardiac aging and heart failure. 2019
Myositis, Inclusion Body Disease associate Treatment of sporadic inclusion body myositis with bimagrumab. 2014

Organizations publishing (96)

Shown in this order: most papers first.

Organizations publishing
Organization Type Papers Years
Novartis Ag Industry 4 2009 to 2021
Harvard Medical School Academic 3 2017 to 2024
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris Hospital 2 2015 to 2019
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Hospital 2 2019 to 2024
Duke University Academic 2 2010 to 2021

Where ACVR2A appears

  • biological_process
  • cancer or benign tumor
  • cardiovascular disease
  • disorder of visual system
  • endocrine system disease
  • gastrointestinal disease
  • genetic, familial or congenital disease
  • immune system disease
  • injury, poisoning or other complication
  • measurement
  • medical procedure
  • musculoskeletal or connective tissue disease
  • nervous system disease
  • phenotype
  • reproductive system or breast disease
  • respiratory or thoracic disease
  • urinary system disease

454 diseases touched.

Not on this page

Checked, with nothing recorded for this biomarker: fda biomarker qualification projects, actionable biomarkers, trial mentions, protein variant mentions, and human sample screening reference.

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