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: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Urinary EN2 may be useful as a non-invasive early biomarker for prostate cancer detection in genetically high-risk individuals. 23792811 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Urinary EN2 may be useful as a non-invasive early biomarker for prostate cancer detection in genetically high-risk individuals. 23792811 2013
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The presence of EN2 in urine was highly predictive of PC, with a sensitivity of 66% and a specificity of 88.2%, without requirement for DRE. 21364037 2011
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The presence of EN2 in urine was highly predictive of PC, with a sensitivity of 66% and a specificity of 88.2%, without requirement for DRE. 21364037 2011
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.070 Biomarker group BEFREE The urinary level of engrailed-2 (EN2) protein has been recently suggested as a promising PC biomarker, correlating with tumour volume and stage. 31692391 2020
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.070 Biomarker group BEFREE Our findings indicate that EN2 secretion by tumors may be a means of preventing viral-mediated immune invasion of tissue immediately adjacent to the tumor. 30914795 2019
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.070 Biomarker group BEFREE Here, we analyzed 1) the expression/secretion profile of EN2 in five independent samples cohorts from PCa patients and controls (prostate tissues and/or urine) to determine its utility as a PCa biomarker; and 2) the functional role of EN2 in normal (RWPE1) and tumor (LNCaP/22Rv1/PC3) prostate cells to explore its potential value as therapeutic target. 31500112 2019
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
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.070 Biomarker group BEFREE EN2 knockdown significantly promoted cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of BC cells with inhibition of proliferation and invasion in vitro as well as EN2 knockdown decreased the tumor growth of BC. 25812440 2015
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.070 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Furthermore, expression of EN2 protein was negatively correlated with increasing histological grade of CCRCC tumors (P = 0.003). 24532139 2014
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.070 Biomarker group BEFREE Engrailed-2 (EN2): a tumor specific urinary biomarker for the early diagnosis of prostate cancer. 21364037 2011
CUI: C1269955
Disease: Tumor Cell Invasion
Tumor Cell Invasion
0.040 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Our findings indicate that EN2 secretion by tumors may be a means of preventing viral-mediated immune invasion of tissue immediately adjacent to the tumor. 30914795 2019
CUI: C1269955
Disease: Tumor Cell Invasion
Tumor Cell Invasion
0.040 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Increased expression of EN2 inhibited the proliferation of A549 cells <i>in vitro</i>, and suppressed their migration and invasion. 29963129 2018
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: C1269955
Disease: Tumor Cell Invasion
Tumor Cell Invasion
0.040 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Furthermore, cell proliferation, apoptosis and invasion assays were conducted to analyze the inhibitory effects of EN2 re-expression in 786-O cells. 29151918 2017
Conventional (Clear Cell) Renal Cell Carcinoma
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Overall, the results demonstrated that EN2 might play an anti-oncogenic role in oncogenesis and development of CCRCC, thereby maintaining the normal growth of human renal tubular epithelial cells. 26948025 2016
CUI: C1269955
Disease: Tumor Cell Invasion
Tumor Cell Invasion
0.040 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE EN2 knockdown significantly promoted cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of BC cells with inhibition of proliferation and invasion in vitro as well as EN2 knockdown decreased the tumor growth of BC. 25812440 2015
Conventional (Clear Cell) Renal Cell Carcinoma
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Furthermore, expression of EN2 protein was negatively correlated with increasing histological grade of CCRCC tumors (P = 0.003). 24532139 2014
Conventional (Clear Cell) Renal Cell Carcinoma
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE To clarify the localization and expression of EN2 in renal cell carcinoma, anti-EN2 antibody (ab28731) and anti-EN2 antibody (MAB2600) were used for immunohistochemistry (IHC) respectively. 24786097 2014
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.030 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE In this study, we investigate the role of miR‑212 on EN-2 expression and explored the mechanism of prostate cancer survival and metastasis. 28713997 2017
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.030 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE In pcDNA-EN-2 and miR-33a mimic co-transfected PC3 and DU145 cells, EN-2 overexpression reverses the anti-cell survival and metastasis actions of miR-33a overexpression. 27921232 2017
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.030 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Our data suggest that the functional interaction of miR-33a and EN-2 is involved in tumorigenesis of prostate cancer. 27921232 2017
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: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.030 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Overall, the results demonstrated that EN2 might play an anti-oncogenic role in oncogenesis and development of CCRCC, thereby maintaining the normal growth of human renal tubular epithelial cells. 26948025 2016
CUI: C0027627
Disease: Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
0.030 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE In vitro invasion and migration assays and in vivo experiments were carried out to examine the functions of EN2 in BC invasion and metastasis. 25812440 2015