DEFB4A, defensin beta 4A, 1673

N. diseases: 177; N. variants: 0
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0024117
Disease: Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE We conclude that co-exposure to HRV-16 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa induces synergistic production of HBD-2 from epithelial cells and that this synergistic induction of HBD-2 is reduced in COPD patients. 28489911 2017
CUI: C0024117
Disease: Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Beta defensin-2 is reduced in central but not in distal airways of smoker COPD patients. 22438960 2012
CUI: C0024117
Disease: Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Expression of hBD-2 mRNA was significantly higher in COPD patients than in healthy controls, and significantly higher in current smokers than in non-smokers (p<0.05). 23000304 2012
CUI: C0024117
Disease: Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Genomic copy number determines functional expression of {beta}-defensin 2 in airway epithelial cells and associates with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 20378733 2010