EN2, engrailed homeobox 2, 2020

N. diseases: 41; N. variants: 8
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0004352
Disease: Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To investigate whether this finding could be replicated in Chinese Han population, we performed the association study between eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the EN2 gene and autism in 210 Chinese Han trios, using the family-based association test (FBAT). 17948901 2008
CUI: C0004352
Disease: Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Studies investigating association between markers at EN2 (chr7q36), a location associated with language disorders, and autism reveal mixed findings. 17948868 2008
CUI: C0004352
Disease: Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
0.400 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Association of the homeobox transcription factor, ENGRAILED 2, 3, with autism spectrum disorder. 15024396 2004
CUI: C0004352
Disease: Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Linkage analysis and studies on knockout mice support EN2, located on chromosome 7q36.3, as a potential risk locus for autism. 20050924 2010
CUI: C0004352
Disease: Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Intronic single nucleotide polymorphisms of engrailed homeobox 2 modulate the disease vulnerability of autism in a han chinese population. 20523082 2010
CUI: C0004352
Disease: Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our previous research involving 167 nuclear families from the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) demonstrated that two intronic SNPs, rs1861972 and rs1861973, in the homeodomain transcription factor gene ENGRAILED 2 (EN2) are significantly associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). 16252243 2005
CUI: C0004352
Disease: Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Additionally, the WNT2 gene and EN2 gene may act in concert to influence the language development in autism. 22522212 2012
CUI: C0004352
Disease: Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Retinal defects in mice lacking the autism-associated gene Engrailed-2. 30980901 2019
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.310 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We found no significant association of schizophrenia with this bi-nucleotide repeat polymorphism of the EN2 gene. 15123388 2004
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.070 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The methylation status of the EN2 gene was revealed to be associated with histological grade and tumor size in cc-RCC. 29151918 2017
Conventional (Clear Cell) Renal Cell Carcinoma
0.040 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Furthermore, re-activation of the EN2 gene markedly inhibited the proliferative and invasive capacities of cc-RCC. 29151918 2017
CUI: C0524528
Disease: Pervasive Development Disorder
Pervasive Development Disorder
0.030 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Support for the homeobox transcription factor gene ENGRAILED 2 as an autism spectrum disorder susceptibility locus. 16252243 2005
CUI: C0524528
Disease: Pervasive Development Disorder
Pervasive Development Disorder
0.030 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Whole-exome sequencing identifies a novel heterozygous missense variant of the EN2 gene in two unrelated patients with autism spectrum disorder. 27755371 2016
CUI: C0023015
Disease: Language Disorders
Language Disorders
0.020 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Studies investigating association between markers at EN2 (chr7q36), a location associated with language disorders, and autism reveal mixed findings. 17948868 2008
CUI: C0000768
Disease: Congenital Abnormality
Congenital Abnormality
0.010 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Involvement of the EN-2 gene in normal and abnormal development of the human arcuate nucleus. 15676030 2005
CUI: C0154823
Disease: Retinal defect
Retinal defect
0.010 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Retinal defects in mice lacking the autism-associated gene Engrailed-2. 30980901 2019
CUI: C0266470
Disease: Cerebellar Hypoplasia
Cerebellar Hypoplasia
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We speculate that in the human, the failure to form a mesencephalon and metencephalon, with cerebellar hypoplasia, results from a mutation or deletion in the EN2 (Engrailed-2) gene. 11815869 2002
CUI: C1535926
Disease: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
0.010 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong genetic background that has been suggested to be associated with a susceptibility gene, engrailed homeobox 2(EN2), which maps to chromosome 7q36. 20523082 2010
CUI: C4275179
Disease: Young onset Parkinson disease
Young onset Parkinson disease
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Altogether, our data suggest the possibility that variations of the engrailed-2 gene are implicated in the development of YOPD, although our results with respect to SNP rs1345514 should be verified in an independent sample. 19270442 2009
CUI: C1510586
Disease: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
0.590 Biomarker disease MGD
CUI: C1510586
Disease: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
0.590 Biomarker disease CTD_human Elevated 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in the Engrailed-2 (EN-2) promoter is associated with increased gene expression and decreased MeCP2 binding in autism cerebellum. 25290267 2014
CUI: C1510586
Disease: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
0.590 Biomarker disease BEFREE As such, En2<sup>-/-</sup> mice display the behavioral deficits and neural impairments characteristic of the core symptoms associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). 29953887 2018
CUI: C1510586
Disease: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
0.590 Biomarker disease BEFREE Accordingly, mice lacking the En2 homeodomain (En2<sup>hd/hd</sup>, referred to as En2<sup>-/-</sup>) show molecular, anatomical and behavioral "ASD-like" features. 29964155 2018
CUI: C1510586
Disease: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
0.590 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recently, HCMV infection and engrailed-2 have been reported to be related to the autism spectrum disorder (ASD). 28343438 2017
CUI: C1510586
Disease: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorders
0.590 Biomarker disease BEFREE Further support that EN2 is a possible ASD susceptibility gene requires the identification of a risk allele, a DNA variant that is consistently associated with ASD but is also functional. 19615670 2009