Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Tissue microarray analysis, which included 917 samples from 280 patients, demonstrated that EZH2 protein levels were strongly associated with breast cancer aggressiveness. 14500907 2003
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE This review discusses how EZH2 may promote neoplastic conversion and it surveys the evidence suggesting that EZH2 may offer a clinical tool to help identify patients at risk for developing breast cancer before precursor lesions are histologically evident. 17018586 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The identification of a novel interaction between EZH2 and REA, two transcription factors that have been linked to breast cancer carcinogenesis, may lead to further insights into the process of deregulated gene expression in breast cancer. 17453341 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Based on the current available data, it seems more and more clear that an abnormal expression of Ezh2, a member of the Polycomb group (PcG) protein, may be involved in the tumorigenesis process, in addition, different studies identify Ezh2 as a potential marker that distinguish aggressive prostate and breast cancer from indolent one. 17786943 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Interestingly, although EZH2 overexpression correlates with a poor prognosis in breast cancer, BMI1 overexpression correlates with a good outcome. 19099573 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Consistent with the overexpression of EZH2 in a variety of human cancers including breast cancer, CDKN1C in these cancers is downregulated, and breast tumors expressing low levels of CDKN1C are associated with a poor prognosis. 19340297 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Overexpression of EZH2 has been detected in invasive breast carcinoma tissue samples and is observed in human breast tissue samples of morphologically normal lobules up to 12 years before the development of breast cancer. 19661437 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We investigated a mouse model that closely mimics breast cancer arising in BRCA1-mutation carriers to better understand the molecular mechanism of tumor progression and tested whether targeting of the Polycomb-group protein EZH2 would be a putative therapy for BRCA1-deficient tumors. 19709408 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Increased expression of the transcriptional repressor EZH2 has been reported to be associated with poor prognosis in various malignancies including breast cancer and prostate cancer. 19901851 2010
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Combinatorial pharmacologic approaches target EZH2-mediated gene repression in breast cancer cells. 19934278 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress expression of EZH2 in breast cancer cells. 19969553 2010
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In conclusion, EZH2 has no prognostic value in breast cancer. 20306127 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE These data suggest that an underlying mechanism of the MAPK pathway mediates the down-regulation of EZH2, thus contributing to the anti-proliferative effects of curcumin against breast cancer. 20385124 2010
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Subsequently, MTDH and EZH2 are identified as two direct targets of miR-26a and they are significantly upregulated in breast cancer. 20952513 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Overexpression of Polycomb protein EZH2, essential in stem cell self-renewal, has been linked to breast cancer progression. 21215703 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE EZH2 is amplified and overexpressed in a variety of cancers, including prostate and breast cancer. 21241820 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Overexpression of EZH2 is a marker of advanced and metastatic disease in many solid tumors, including prostate and breast cancer. 21367748 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE EZH2 inhibition in CAL51 breast cancer cells induces BRCA1 nuclear localization and rescues defects in ploidy and mitosis. 21406404 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The PcG protein EZH2 is involved in progression of prostate and breast cancers, and has been identified as a molecular marker in breast cancer. 21465172 2012
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We show the significance that overexpression of histone modifier protein EZH2 in cancer cells and our study could pave the way for EZH2 inhibition to become an efficient treatment for more aggressive breast cancers. 21499305 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The transcriptional regulator Enhancer of Zeste-2 (EZH2) is overexpressed in invasive breast carcinoma compared with benign breast tissues, with maximal expression in breast cancer metastasis. 21614565 2012
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Experimental increase of miR-214 in breast cancer cell lines correlated with reduction of Ezh2 protein levels, a known marker of invasion and aggressive breast cancer behavior. 21828058 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE These findings reveal an additional mechanism by which EZH2 promotes breast cancer progression and underscore the need for developing context-specific strategy for therapeutic targeting of EZH2 in breast cancers. 21884980 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human Down-regulation of the histone methyltransferase EZH2 contributes to the epigenetic programming of decidualizing human endometrial stromal cells. 21903722 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE Here, we discuss the contribution of EZH2 and the PRC2 complex in controlling the H3K27 methylation status and subsequent consequences on genomic instability and the cell cycle in breast cancer cells. 22211105 2012