LGALS2, galectin 2, 3957

N. diseases: 27; N. variants: 3
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Our case-control association study in a Japanese population showed that a single nucleotide polymorphism in LGALS2 encoding galectin-2 is significantly associated with susceptibility to MI. 15129282 2004
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our case-control association study in a Japanese population showed that a single nucleotide polymorphism in LGALS2 encoding galectin-2 is significantly associated with susceptibility to MI. 15129282 2004
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human Our case-control association study in a Japanese population showed that a single nucleotide polymorphism in LGALS2 encoding galectin-2 is significantly associated with susceptibility to MI. 15129282 2004
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The association study further revealed that a functional SNP in LGALS2 encoding galectin-2, which led to altered secretion of LTA, also indicated a risk of myocardial infarction. 15990958 2005
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Four new susceptibility genes have been identified using genome-wide association studies or genome-wide linkage studies: LTA (encoding cytokine lymphotoxin-alpha) on 6p21.3 for MI; LGALS2 (encoding galectin-2, an LTA-interacting protein) on 22q12-q13 for MI; ALOX5AP (encoding 5-lipoxygenase activating protein involved in synthesizing potent pro-inflammatory leukotrienes) on 13q12-13 for MI and stroke; and PDE4D (encoding phosphodiesterase 4D) on 5q12 for ischemic stroke. 15811259 2005
CUI: C0948008
Disease: Ischemic stroke
Ischemic stroke
0.030 Biomarker disease BEFREE Four new susceptibility genes have been identified using genome-wide association studies or genome-wide linkage studies: LTA (encoding cytokine lymphotoxin-alpha) on 6p21.3 for MI; LGALS2 (encoding galectin-2, an LTA-interacting protein) on 22q12-q13 for MI; ALOX5AP (encoding 5-lipoxygenase activating protein involved in synthesizing potent pro-inflammatory leukotrienes) on 13q12-13 for MI and stroke; and PDE4D (encoding phosphodiesterase 4D) on 5q12 for ischemic stroke. 15811259 2005
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genetic association study again revealed that an SNP in LGALS2 encoding galectin-2 was also associated with susceptibility to MI. 16770523 2006
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genome-wide association studies have also been undertaken, and the pro-inflammatory cytokine lymphotoxin-alpha (LTA), and its key ligand galectin-2 (LGALS2) have been identified as genes implicated in predisposition for heart attack. 16987874 2006
CUI: C0524620
Disease: Metabolic Syndrome X
Metabolic Syndrome X
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we used the galectin 2 (LGALS2) genotype, which affects LTA secretion but is located on another chromosome than the HLA gene cluster or TNF, to examine the relationship between the LTA pathway and traits of the metabolic syndrome. 16468038 2006
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE These observations showed that, while the LTA 252GG genotype might modify the development of coronary atherosclerosis, the relation of LTA and LGALS2 to MI itself remained much less certain. 17493152 2007
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A putative risk genotype of the polymorphism in the LGALS2 gene (rs7291467; 3279T/C) was not associated with myocardial infarction (OR 0.98, 95% CI 0.83-1.16; P = 0.84). 17517687 2007
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In two MI populations of European descent with markedly different ascertainment strategies, we were not able to identify a significant association of SNPs in the LTA genomic region or the LGALS2 gene with MI. 17497114 2007
CUI: C0027051
Disease: Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A functional SNP (rs7291467) in galectin-2 (LGALS2), a protein involved in the LTA cascade, has been associated with susceptibility to MI in the Japanese population. 17098239 2007
CUI: C0010054
Disease: Coronary Arteriosclerosis
Coronary Arteriosclerosis
0.050 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE On the other hand, the polymorphism of LGALS2 was not associated with the severity of coronary atherosclerosis. 17493152 2007
CUI: C0010054
Disease: Coronary Arteriosclerosis
Coronary Arteriosclerosis
0.050 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effects of lymphotoxin-alpha gene and galectin-2 gene polymorphisms on inflammatory biomarkers, cellular adhesion molecules and risk of coronary heart disease. 17040205 2007
CUI: C1956346
Disease: Coronary Artery Disease
Coronary Artery Disease
0.050 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effects of lymphotoxin-alpha gene and galectin-2 gene polymorphisms on inflammatory biomarkers, cellular adhesion molecules and risk of coronary heart disease. 17040205 2007
CUI: C0010068
Disease: Coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effects of lymphotoxin-alpha gene and galectin-2 gene polymorphisms on inflammatory biomarkers, cellular adhesion molecules and risk of coronary heart disease. 17040205 2007
CUI: C0520459
Disease: Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
0.300 Biomarker disease CTD_human The small intestine proteome is changed in preterm pigs developing necrotizing enterocolitis in response to formula feeding. 18806098 2008
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The frequency of LGALS2 polymorphisms was similar between RA and controls and was not associated with CVD among patients with RA. 18230628 2008
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.020 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The Chi-square test, multivariable logistic regression analysis with adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, and the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus, as well as a stepwise forward selection procedure revealed that the 2445G-->A (Ala54Thr) polymorphism (rs1799883) of FABP2, the -108/3G-->4G polymorphism of IPF1 (S82168), the A-->G (rs2241883" genes_norm="2168">Thr94Ala) polymorphism (rs2241883) of FABP1, the G-->A (rs529038" genes_norm="6098">Asp2213Asn) polymorphism (rs529038) of ROS1, the -11377C-->G polymorphism (rs266729) of ADIPOQ, the 162A-->C polymorphism (rs4769055) of ALOX5AP, the -786T-->C polymorphism (rs2070744) of NOS3, and the 3279C-->T polymorphism (rs7291467) of LGALS2 were associated (P<0.05) with the prevalence of atherothrombotic cerebral infarction. 18506375 2008
CUI: C0524620
Disease: Metabolic Syndrome X
Metabolic Syndrome X
0.020 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results suggest that FABP2, IPF1, FABP1, ROS1, ADIPOQ, ALOX5AP, NOS3, and LGALS2 are susceptibility loci for atherothrombotic cerebral infarction among Japanese individuals with metabolic syndrome. 18506375 2008
CUI: C0007222
Disease: Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
0.010 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The frequency of LGALS2 polymorphisms was similar between RA and controls and was not associated with CVD among patients with RA. 18230628 2008
CUI: C0007785
Disease: Cerebral Infarction
Cerebral Infarction
0.010 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Our results suggest that FABP2, IPF1, FABP1, ROS1, ADIPOQ, ALOX5AP, NOS3, and LGALS2 are susceptibility loci for atherothrombotic cerebral infarction among Japanese individuals with metabolic syndrome. 18506375 2008
CUI: C0007785
Disease: Cerebral Infarction
Cerebral Infarction
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results suggest that FABP2, IPF1, FABP1, ROS1, ADIPOQ, ALOX5AP, NOS3, and LGALS2 are susceptibility loci for atherothrombotic cerebral infarction among Japanese individuals with metabolic syndrome. 18506375 2008