ALDH2, aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member, 217

N. diseases: 337; N. variants: 23
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0220630
Disease: Adult Liver Carcinoma
Adult Liver Carcinoma
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Surprisingly, we found that low ALDH2 expression levels associated with high XRCC1 expression levels are indicative for a poor overall survival, particularly in lung and liver cancer patients. 30088263 2018
CUI: C0220630
Disease: Adult Liver Carcinoma
Adult Liver Carcinoma
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE ALDH2 deficiency promotes alcohol-associated liver cancer by activating oncogenic pathways via oxidized DNA-enriched extracellular vesicles. 31279903 2019
CUI: C0220630
Disease: Adult Liver Carcinoma
Adult Liver Carcinoma
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Silencing transcription factor FOXM1 represses proliferation, migration, and invasion while inducing apoptosis of liver cancer stem cells by regulating the expression of ALDH2. 31580537 2020
CUI: C0220630
Disease: Adult Liver Carcinoma
Adult Liver Carcinoma
0.040 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Recent evidence suggested that genetic polymorphism in ALDH2 gene may be significantly correlated with the susceptibility to cancer, such as colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, and liver cancer. 26804999 2016
CUI: C0001824
Disease: Agranulocytosis
Agranulocytosis
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The ALDH2*1/*2 genotype was associated with leukocytopenia (<4,000/μl; adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence interval] = 1.89 [1.27 to 2.80]), granulocytopenia (<2,000/μl; 1.86 [1.22 to 2.82]), monocytopenia (<250/μl; 2.22 [1.49 to 3.29]), and lymphocytopenia (<1,000/μl; 1.93 [1.32 to 2.83]). 26917006 2016
CUI: C0001883
Disease: Airway Obstruction
Airway Obstruction
0.010 GeneticVariation group BEFREE This pilot study demonstrated for the first time a significant gene-environment interaction between the ALDH2*2 allele and cumulative exposure to cigarette smoke on the risk of airway obstruction. 25978981 2015
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 Biomarker disease PSYGENET Among conventional markers of alcohol abuse, the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of erythrocytes is prognostic of alcohol-related cancer and its predictivity increases when combined with functional polymorphisms of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1B [rs1229984] and ADH1C [rs698]) and the mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2 [rs671]). 21917409 2012
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 Biomarker disease PSYGENET Alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase gene polymorphism in alcohol liver cirrhosis and alcohol chronic pancreatitis among Polish individuals. 17454860 2007
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The high prevalence of the ALDH2*2 and ADH1B*2 alleles in a large percentage of Asian subgroups has been studied as a potential protective factors against alcohol abuse, yet some individuals who possess these genes still engage in problematic alcohol use (Wall et al.2001). 27159808 2016
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 Biomarker disease PSYGENET A mutation in the gene encoding for the liver mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2-2), present in some Asian populations, lowers or abolishes the activity of this enzyme and results in elevations in blood acetaldehyde upon ethanol consumption, a phenotype that greatly protects against alcohol abuse and alcoholism. 11535626 2001
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Individuals who carry a low-activity ALDH2 (ALDH2*2) display high blood acetaldehyde levels after ethanol consumption, which leads to dysphoric effects, such as facial flushing, nausea, dizziness, and headache ("Asian alcohol phenotype"), which result in an aversion to alcohol and protection against alcohol abuse and alcoholism. 19251111 2009
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 Biomarker disease CTD_human Acetaldehyde, polymorphisms and the cardiovascular system. 17590986 2007
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Drinking problems negatively correlated with positive alcohol flushing response and inactive ALDH2 (all p-values < 0.05). 29205834 2018
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In Asian populations the ALDH2-2 allele appears protective against alcohol abuse and alcoholism, but may favour alcoholic liver disease. 8974312 1994
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 Biomarker disease PSYGENET Individuals who carry a low-activity ALDH2 (ALDH2*2) display high blood acetaldehyde levels after ethanol consumption, which leads to dysphoric effects, such as facial flushing, nausea, dizziness, and headache ("Asian alcohol phenotype"), which result in an aversion to alcohol and protection against alcohol abuse and alcoholism. 19251111 2009
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Although the ALDH2*2 allele had a significant inhibitory effect on alcohol consumption, hence on drinking problems, the apparent association was not confirmed between ADH2 genotype and overall drinking patterns for either males or females. 8727242 1996
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE A mutation in the gene encoding for the liver mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2-2), present in some Asian populations, lowers or abolishes the activity of this enzyme and results in elevations in blood acetaldehyde upon ethanol consumption, a phenotype that greatly protects against alcohol abuse and alcoholism. 11535626 2001
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 Biomarker disease CTD_human Genetic associations of alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase with alcohol dependence and their mechanisms of action. 16404797 2005
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Relevance of both daily hassles and the ALDH2 genotype to problem drinking among Japanese male workers. 9514293 1998
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The ALDH2 genotypes consistently and strongly affected the alcohol sensitivity, drinking behavior and problem drinking in both the younger and older group. 26825972 2016
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 Biomarker disease PSYGENET The ALDH2*2 allele, detected in nearly half of the subjects, showed an overwhelming protective effect against a high level of alcohol consumption and problem drinking behavior, as determined by the Kurihama Alcoholism Screening Test (KAST). 12211622 2002
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE On the other hand, persons with the heterozygous ALDH2*2 genotype (ALDH2*1/2*2) are at higher risk for developing alcohol abuse-related end-organ damage than those with a homozygous ALDH2*1/2*1 genotype. 9211568 1997
CUI: C0085762
Disease: Alcohol abuse
Alcohol abuse
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The ALDH2*2 allele, detected in nearly half of the subjects, showed an overwhelming protective effect against a high level of alcohol consumption and problem drinking behavior, as determined by the Kurihama Alcoholism Screening Test (KAST). 12211622 2002
CUI: C3699402
Disease: Alcohol abuse or dependence
Alcohol abuse or dependence
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the Han Chinese population, the alcohol dehydrogenase 1B*2/*2 (ADH1B*2/*2) genotype and the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2*2 (ALDH2*2) allele have been considered as protective factors against alcohol abuse or dependence. 15084894 2004
CUI: C0001948
Disease: Alcohol consumption
Alcohol consumption
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype GWASCAT "ALDH2 is associated to alcohol dependence and is the major genetic determinant of ""daily maximum drinks"" in a GWAS study of an isolated rural Chinese sample." 24277619 2014