LEP, leptin, 3952

N. diseases: 931; N. variants: 15
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease MGD Leptin is a circulating hormone and major adiposity signal involved in long-term energy homeostasis. 16293682 2006
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Leptin controls energy balance and food intake through the leptin receptor in the hypothalamus of the brain, which suggests that some polymorphisms of the leptin receptor gene (LEPR) might contribute to obesity or obesity-related diseases. 16333525 2006
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin and obesity are clearly related, and obesity is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. 16609020 2006
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin brain uptake decreased in women, in the aged, and in more-obese subjects. 16944669 2006
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Leptin induces tissue factor expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells: a possible link between obesity and cardiovascular risk? 17425664 2007
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin and the pancreatic hormones amylin and pancreatic polypeptide are being evaluated alone or in combination for the treatment of obesity, but their physiological regulation has not yet been fully elucidated. 18252898 2008
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin is related with obesity and its metabolic disorders. 19182739 2009
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Leptin expression is up-regulated in obesity and it can promote breast cancer cell growth. 20032412 2009
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin is elevated in obesity and studies have shown a positive correlation between leptin and PAI-1 levels in human subjects, along with a negative correlation with tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA). 20051227 2010
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin resistance underlies the pathogenic development of obesity, which is closely associated with environmental factors. 20086094 2010
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Therapeutic disease CTD_human Leptin-deficient obese (ob/ob) mice and wild-type counterparts (C57/BL6 mice) were exposed to UVB radiation (120 mJ/cm(2)) on alternate days for 1 month. 20122948 2010
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease CTD_human Leptin-deficient obese (ob/ob) mice and wild-type counterparts (C57/BL6 mice) were exposed to UVB radiation (120 mJ/cm(2)) on alternate days for 1 month. 20122948 2010
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin correlates with obesity and insulin resistance, but it remains uncertain whether sOB-R and FLI also do the same. 20455195 2010
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin and its receptors in obese patients with colorectal cancer. 20846476 2010
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin, an adipocyte-derived cytokine that is closely associated with obesity, has recently been shown to be involved in carcinogenesis and cancer progression. 20945385 2011
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Leptin gene variants affect risk of obesity, cancer, but their effect on onset of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) and idiopathic short stature (ISS) is unknown. 22350661 2012
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin resistance is a common feature of obesity and is accompanied by hyperleptinemia. 23256448 2013
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Leptin is an adipokine that is secreted by fatty tissue, and high leptin levels are observed both in mouse models of obesity and in obese subjects. 23869900 2013
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Leptin levels correlated with obesity traits irrespective of the genotypes at the variant positions. 24487982 2014
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin, an adipocyte-derived cytokine associated with obesity, has been reported to participate in carcinogenesis. 24512731 2013
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin and vascular cell adhesion molecules-1 (VCAM-1) are two important mediators in obesity-related osteoarthritis, while the molecular mechanism linking leptin to VCAM-1 production is still obscure. 24582795 2014
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin, a hormone excessively produced during obesity, is suggested to be involved in breast cancer. 24738610 2014
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms and their association with plasma leptin levels and obesity in a multi-ethnic Malaysian suburban population. 24947733 2014
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin, secreted by the adipose tissue and known to be related to obesity, is considered to be involved in the onset and progression of colorectal cancer. 24958593 2014
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.700 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin links with plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in human obesity: the SABPA study. 25740294 2015