FGF21, fibroblast growth factor 21, 26291

N. diseases: 236; N. variants: 2
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent microRNA (miR) studies have revealed that aberrantly elevated miR-34a in obesity directly targets β-Klotho, the obligate coreceptor for both FGF19 and FGF21, and attenuates metabolic signaling of these hormones. 27125742 2016
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Glucose kinetics and plasma FGF19 and FGF21 responses to mixed meal ingestion and to glucose-insulin infusion during a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp procedure, with stable isotope tracer methods, were evaluated in 28 adults with obesity before and after 20% weight loss induced by RYGB (n = 16) or LAGB (n = 12). 28938478 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Obesity is a fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21)-resistant state. 29266852 2018
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Continuous intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of FGF21 was found to modulate feeding and energy expenditure in rats with diet-induced obesity, suggesting a central effect by the peptide. 28889722 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Moreover, very recent results from different human cohort studies have shown a paradoxical regulation of plasma FGF21 in obesity and type 2 diabetes as well as other important qualitative differences in the effects and regulation of FGF21 between rodents and humans. 19277467 2009
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE This review summarizes what is known about FGF21 in mice and humans with a special focus on this factor's role in glucose and lipid metabolism and in metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. 28938407 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Association of OSAHS Hypoxia Indicators with Early Renal Injury and Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Patients. 31172456 2019
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE FGF-21-transgenic mice were viable and resistant to diet-induced obesity. 15902306 2005
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Serum FGF21 levels in overweight/obese subjects were significantly higher than in lean individuals. 18252893 2008
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE We propose that Fgf21 methylation represents a form of epigenetic memory that persists into adulthood, and it may have a role in the developmental programming of obesity. 29434210 2018
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Moreover, here we describe an approach to increase the endogenous production of FGF21, which if demonstrated functional in humans, could generate a treatment for obesity. 28078804 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE A cytokine involved in cellular metabolism, FGF21 is a potential susceptibility gene for obesity and type 2 diabetes. 23372041 2013
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This is in contrast to the anti-diabetic medication metformin and suggests that the treatment of obesity and diabetes with the combination of FGF21 and AMPK activators merits consideration. 28580278 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Altogether, our study suggests that n-3-PUFAs influence FGF21 levels in obesity, although the specific mechanisms implicated remain to be elucidated. 29766165 2018
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Recent results suggest that FGF21 is highly expressed in hepatocytes under metabolic stress caused by starvation, hepatosteatosis, obesity and diabetes. 23590285 2013
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A low-calorie, high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet was beneficial for overweight or obese individuals carrying the carbohydrate intake-decreasing allele of the FGF21 variant to improve body composition and abdominal obesity. 27581055 2016
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE FGF1, FGF10, FGF15/FGF19 and FGF21) have been further recognized as regulators of energy homeostasis, metabolism and adipogenesis, constituting novel therapeutic targets for obesity and obesity-related cardiometabolic disease. 27412358 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We tested whether a targeted reduction in hepatic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α), which has been shown to occur with obesity, had a negative impact on the metabolic effects of FGF21. 29215172 2018
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here, we show that chronic PD retards the development of hypertrigylceridemia and fatty liver in obesity and that this relies on the induction of the hepatokine fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21). 29751292 2018
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Collectively, the results of the present study revealed a new mechanism underlying the regulation of hepatic ER stress and FGF21 expression induced by EPO; thus, EPO may be considered as a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of fatty liver and obesity. 31173165 2019
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent studies suggest that betaKlotho (KLB) and endocrine FGF19 and FGF21 redirect FGFR signaling to regulation of metabolic homeostasis and suppression of obesity and diabetes. 22442730 2012
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE VLCD significantly increased FGF21 mRNA expression in subcutaneous fat of obesity. 19702724 2009
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a potent endocrine regulator with physiological effects on glucose and lipid metabolism and thus garners much attention for its translational potential for the management of obesity and related metabolic syndromes. 28559437 2017
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Elevated levels of FGF21 and decreased levels of adiponectin in obesity indicate FGF21-adiponectin axis dysfunction. 30978696 2019
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Insulin increased serum and muscle FGF21 independent of overweight/obesity or type 2 diabetes, and there were no effects associated with exercise training. 28721439 2017