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: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Blocking FAO and/or leptin re-sensitizes them to chemotherapy and inhibits BCSCs in mouse breast tumors in vivo. 29249690 2018
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Accordingly, HNK treatment inhibited breast tumor growth in diet-induced-obese mouse model (exhibiting high leptin levels) in a manner associated with activation of miR-34a and inhibition of MTA1-β-catenin. 26036628 2015
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Leptin, an adipokine is produced in high levels in obese individuals, and its receptor is overexpressed in breast tumors and lymph node metastases. 22200873 2012
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Perturbations in the adipocytokine profile, especially higher levels of leptin, are a major cause of breast tumor progression and metastasis; the underlying mechanisms, however, are not well understood. 22270359 2012
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Importantly, leptin increased breast tumor growth in nude mice. 21555376 2011
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group CTD_human Efficacy of a leptin receptor antagonist peptide in a mouse model of triple-negative breast cancer. 21353530 2011
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Leptin can up-regulate the expression of ERalpha and down-regulate the expression of the ERbeta in human breast tumor. 20193256 2010
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Leptin is overexpressed in human breast tumors and is produced by breast cancer cells in response to obesity-related stimuli. 19408304 2009
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE There is evidence that adipokines such as leptin and adiponectin may influence breast tumor development. 19723917 2009
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Evidence indicates that leptin plays an important role in mammary tumor formation; however, the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. 18715880 2008
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group LHGDN Mechanism of leptin expression in breast cancer cells: role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha. 17653093 2008
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group LHGDN leptin-induced growth stimulation of breast cancer cells involves recruitment of histone acetyltransferases and mediator complex to CYCLIN D1 promoter via activation of Stat3. 17344214 2007
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Together, these results provide further evidence suggesting leptin is a MT growth-promoting factor. 16825198 2006
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE The association between both intratumoral Lep-R(L) and Lep-R(S) mRNA high tumors and a poor prognosis in the presence of high serum leptin or high intratumoral leptin mRNA levels seems to suggest that the leptin and Lep-R(L)/Lep-R(S) pathways are implicated in the growth stimulation of breast tumors. 16206269 2006
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group LHGDN Messenger RNA expression of leptin and leptin receptors and their prognostic value in 322 human primary breast cancers. 16609020 2006
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group LHGDN Increased expression of leptin and the leptin receptor as a marker of breast cancer progression: possible role of obesity-related stimuli. 16533767 2006
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group LHGDN Leptin: a proliferative factor for breast cancer? Study on human ductal carcinoma. 16009333 2005
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group LHGDN Enhanced expression of leptin and leptin receptor (OB-R) in human breast cancer. 15240518 2004
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group LHGDN Serum leptin, prolactin and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in patients with breast cancer. 12687277 2003
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 AlteredExpression group LHGDN Leptin enhances, via AP-1, expression of aromatase in the MCF-7 cell line. 12734209 2003
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group LHGDN Leptin mediates a proliferative response in human MCF7 breast cancer cells. 12054648 2002
CUI: C1458155
Disease: Mammary Neoplasms
Mammary Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Leptin protein was identified in T47D breast cancer cells by indirect immunofluorescent staining and in samples of the same breast tumors used for Northern studies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). 10364481 1999