CGAS, cyclic GMP-AMP synthase, 115004

N. diseases: 40; N. variants: 3
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0024115
Disease: Lung diseases
Lung diseases
0.010 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Lung disease in STING N153S mice developed independently of cGAS, IRF3/IRF7, and IFNAR1. 30772497 2019
CUI: C0041296
Disease: Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is an Innate Immune DNA Sensor for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 26048137 2015
CUI: C0042769
Disease: Virus Diseases
Virus Diseases
0.050 Biomarker group BEFREE Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) detects cytosolic DNA during virus infection and induces an antiviral state. cGAS signals by synthesis of a second messenger, cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP), which activates stimulator of interferon genes (STING). 26229117 2015
CUI: C0019348
Disease: Herpes Simplex Infections
Herpes Simplex Infections
0.030 Biomarker group BEFREE Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is a newly identified DNA sensor that recognizes foreign DNA, including the genome of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). 28100608 2017
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) is activated by ds-DNA binding to produce the secondary messenger 2',3'-cGAMP. cGAS is an important control point in the innate immune response; dysregulation of the cGAS pathway is linked to autoimmune diseases while targeted stimulation may be of benefit in immunoncology. 28940468 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) recognition of cytosolic DNA is critical for immune responses to pathogen replication, cellular stress, and cancer. 30007416 2018
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) recognition of cytosolic DNA is critical for immune responses to pathogen replication, cellular stress, and cancer. 30007416 2018
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.050 Biomarker group BEFREE Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway is a key regulator in innate immunity and has emerged as a promising drug target in cancer treatment, but the utility of this pathway in therapeutic development is complicated by its dichotomous roles in tumor development and immunity. 30790684 2019
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS, cGAMP synthase) plays crucial roles in autoimmune disease, anti-tumor response, anti-senescence and anti-inflammatory response. 31276766 2019
CUI: C0393591
Disease: AICARDI-GOUTIERES SYNDROME
AICARDI-GOUTIERES SYNDROME
0.030 Biomarker disease BEFREE A recently discovered DNA-activated type I IFN pathway, cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), has been linked to Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mouse models of lupus. 27863149 2017
CUI: C0024131
Disease: Lupus Vulgaris
Lupus Vulgaris
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE A recently discovered DNA-activated type I IFN pathway, cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), has been linked to Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mouse models of lupus. 27863149 2017
CUI: C0024138
Disease: Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid
Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE A recently discovered DNA-activated type I IFN pathway, cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), has been linked to Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mouse models of lupus. 27863149 2017
CUI: C0409974
Disease: Lupus Erythematosus
Lupus Erythematosus
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE A recently discovered DNA-activated type I IFN pathway, cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), has been linked to Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mouse models of lupus. 27863149 2017
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.020 Biomarker disease BEFREE Animals lacking cyclic GMP-AMP synthase display significantly improved early survival after myocardial infarction and diminished pathological remodeling, including ventricular rupture, enhanced angiogenesis, and preserved ventricular contractile function. 29437120 2018
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Biallelic mutations of three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1) cause the lupus-like disease Aicardi-Goutières syndrome in which accumulation of a yet unknown endogenous DNA substrate of TREX1 triggers a cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-dependent type I IFN response and systemic autoimmunity. 28835460 2017
CUI: C0022660
Disease: Kidney Failure, Acute
Kidney Failure, Acute
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Cisplatin induced mtDNA leakage into the cytosol-probably through BCL-2-like protein 4 (BAX) pores in the mitochondrial outer membrane-in tubules, with subsequent activation of the cGAS-STING pathway, thereby triggering inflammation and AKI progression, which is improved in STING-deficient mice. 31665638 2019
CUI: C0456909
Disease: Blindness
Blindness
0.010 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Collectively, these data highlight an unexpected role of cGAS in responding to mobile-element transcripts, reveal cGAS-driven interferon signaling as a conduit for mitochondrial-damage-induced inflammasome activation, expand the immune-sensing repertoire of cGAS and caspase-4 to noninfectious human disease, and identify new potential targets for treatment of a major cause of blindness. 29176737 2018
CUI: C0042769
Disease: Virus Diseases
Virus Diseases
0.050 Biomarker group BEFREE Collectively, this work identifies long DNA as the molecular entity stimulating the cGAS pathway upon cytosolic DNA challenge such as viral infections. 28801534 2017
CUI: C0004623
Disease: Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
0.010 Biomarker group BEFREE Cyclic dinucleotides are second messengers in the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway, which plays an important role in recognizing tumor cells and viral or bacterial infections. 31715099 2019
CUI: C3860213
Disease: Autoinflammatory disorder
Autoinflammatory disorder
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE DNA is strictly compartmentalized within the nucleus to prevent autoimmunity; despite this, cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), a cytosolic sensor of double-stranded DNA, is activated in autoinflammatory disorders and by DNA damage. 28738408 2017
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Dysregulated activation of the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-stimulator of interferon genes (cGAS-STING) pathway by self-DNA contributes to interferonopathy and promotes autoimmune diseases. 28771599 2017
CUI: C0024141
Disease: Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
0.030 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Expression of cGAS in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was significantly higher in SLE patients than in normal controls (n = 51 and n = 20 respectively; P < 0.01). 27863149 2017
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Furthermore, EGCG-mediated inhibition of G3BP1 provides a potential treatment for cGAS-related autoimmune diseases. 30510222 2019
CUI: C3267073
Disease: Autoinflammatory disease
Autoinflammatory disease
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Given its role in the innate immune response, cGAS is a promising therapeutic target for autoinflammatory disease. 28934246 2017
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Here we show that cytoplasmic chromatin activates the innate immunity cytosolic DNA-sensing cGAS-STING (cyclic GMP-AMP synthase linked to stimulator of interferon genes) pathway, leading both to short-term inflammation to restrain activated oncogenes and to chronic inflammation that associates with tissue destruction and cancer. 28976970 2017