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
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Metallopanstimulin-1 (MPS-1) mediates the promotion effect of leptin on colorectal cancer through activation of JNK/c-Jun signaling pathway. 31506433 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Expression of leptin and leptin receptors in colorectal cancer-an immunohistochemical study. 31592340 2019
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thus, immunohistochemical staining of leptin in colorectal cancer could be a helpful tool in the prediction of prognosis and survival pattern of colorectal cancer with certain clinicopathological factors (tumor size, lymphovascular invasion, distant metastasis, local recurrence, and relapse of disease). 30142858 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Leptin gene variants and colorectal cancer risk: Sex-specific associations. 30379922 2018
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The purpose of this study was to investigate plasma leptin and ghrelin concentrations in male patients with colorectal cancer after 8 weeks aerobic exercise and after a week of detraining. 27072232 2016
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the stratified analysis, significant associations were found between the LEP A19G (rs2167270) genetic polymorphism and colorectal cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 24845032 2014
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 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
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The leptin gene family and colorectal cancer: interaction with smoking behavior and family history of cancer. 23593308 2013
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The present meta-analysis demonstrated that the LEP rs7799039 variant was associated with prostate cancer, but not with colorectal cancer. 23754448 2013
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE STAT3 signaling in colorectal cancer may be mediated not only by leptin but by other factors. 21720710 2011
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin and its receptors in obese patients with colorectal cancer. 20846476 2010
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of LEP and ADIPOQ common variants with colorectal cancer in Mexican patients. 21263187 2010
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The association of 17 candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in IL10 and other immune response genes (CRP, TLR4, IL6, IL1B, IL8, TNF, RNASEL) and genes related to obesity (PPARG, TCF7L2, ADIPOQ, LEP) with colorectal cancer was investigated. 19760027 2009
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin may play an important role in colorectal cancer because of its role in energy balance, insulin and inflammation. 18059035 2008
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In conclusion, adipocytes were able to enhance the proliferation of colon cancer cells in vitro, partly via leptin, suggesting that adipose tissues, including mature adipocytes and preadipocytes, may promote the growth of colorectal cancer. 17170030 2007
Malignant neoplasm of colon and/or rectum
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The results indicate that the leptin system is overexpressed in human colorectal cancer and this overexpression appears to be associated with the abundance of HIF-1alpha. 17591803 2007