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N. diseases: 336; N. variants: 1434
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Familial hypercholesterolaemia is a co-dominant inherited disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, in which defects in the gene for the low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) receptor result in a twofold increase in the plasma concentration of cholesterol and moderate-to-severe premature coronary heart disease. 17607901 1995
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder caused most often by mutations in the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor gene (LDLr) leading to high blood cholesterol levels, and ultimately to development of premature coronary heart disease. 30413722 2018
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene; it is characterized by a high concentration of LDL, which frequently gives rise to tendon xanthomas and premature coronary artery disease (CAD). 11310584 2001
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant disorder of lipoprotein metabolism caused by mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-R) gene, leading to elevated levels of cholesterol and an increased risk of coronary heart disease. 19073363 2009
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is caused by mutations in the LDL receptor (LDLR) gene and is usually associated with hypercholesterolemia, lipid deposition in tissues, and premature coronary artery disease (CAD). 9484998 1998
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a major risk for coronary heart disease, is predominantly associated with mutations in the genes encoding the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) and its ligand apolipoprotein B (APOB). 22698793 2012
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a monogenic disease known to be caused by low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene mutations, results in the development of premature atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease in affected individuals. 9889019 1998
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a monogenic trait due to mutations in the LDL-receptor (R) gene is characterized by raised plasma LDL-C levels and premature CAD. 10208490 1999
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), caused by low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor (LDL-R) gene mutations, is associated with increased risk of premature coronary heart disease. 18701038 2008
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE FH is caused by mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene and is characterized by raised plasma LDL-cholesterol, tendon xanthomas, and premature coronary heart disease. 10208489 1999
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Furthermore, the PRS identified about 6% to 7% of individuals at CAD risk similar to carriers of the LDLR delta >15 kb mutation, consistent with previous estimates. 31184202 2019
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Homozygotes and compound heterozygotes (i.e., those who carry two different FH genes) are very rare (one in 1,000,000) have severe hypercholesterolemia with xanthomas, and develop coronary heart disease early in life. 2563220 1989
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Homozygous FH having inheritance of two LDLR mutations is a rare but recognized syndrome associated with an extreme hypercholesterolaemia and early-onset coronary artery disease. 20736250 2010
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease GWASCAT Identification of 64 Novel Genetic Loci Provides an Expanded View on the Genetic Architecture of Coronary Artery Disease. 29212778 2018
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the patients carrying LDLR mutations and aged ≥ 30 years, the additional PCSK9 V4I variant was linked to a significantly increased prevalence of CAD in accord with the elevation of the LDL-cholesterol level. 27206942 2017
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the present study, the association of the heterozygous forms of low-density lipoprotein receptor gene mutations causing FH as well as of LPL gene mutations causing (P207L and G188E) or not causing (D9N and N291S) complete loss of LPL activity with angiographically assessed CAD was estimated in a cohort of 412 French Canadian men aged <60 years who consecutively underwent coronary angiography for the investigation of retrosternal pain. 9708657 1998
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we firstly analyzed and found strong relationship between serum ox-HDL levels and risk factors of coronary artery diseases in clinic, then the effects of ox-HDL in initiation and progression of atherosclerosis in LDLR knockout mice were investigated by infusion of ox-HDL dissolved in chitosan hydrogel before the formation of lesions in vivo. 25912129 2015
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Increased age, low high-density lipoprotein levels, and LDLR null allele mutations are related to the occurrence of CAD. 23340035 2013
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Increased expression of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) is generally considered beneficial for reducing plasma cholesterol and atherosclerosis, and its downregulation has been thought to explain the association between apolipoprotein (apo) E4 and increased risk of coronary heart disease in humans. 12969990 2004
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Influence of exonic polymorphisms in the gene for LDL receptor-related protein (LRP) on risk of coronary artery disease. 12732394 2003
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 Biomarker disease CTD_human Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. 21378990 2011
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE LRP6(R611C) mice on high-fat diet displayed dramatic obstructive CAD and exhibited an accelerated atherosclerotic burden on LDLR knockout background. 26489464 2015
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Meta-analysis of low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) rs2228671 polymorphism and coronary heart disease. 24900971 2014
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Molecular analysis of the LDLR gene in coronary artery disease patients from the Indian population. 26927322 2016
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Moreover, of the 8 sex-biased genes at these loci, 4 have been directly linked to monogenic disorders of lipid metabolism and show an expression profile in females (elevated expression of ABCA1, APOA5 and LDLR; reduced expression of LIPC) that is consistent with the lower female risk of coronary artery disease. 21858147 2011