Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 2A
0.920 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE However, crossing the Mgat2 mutation into a distinct genetic background resulted in a low frequency of survivors exhibiting additional and novel disease signs of CDG-IIa. 12417412 2002
Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 2A
0.920 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the MGAT2 gene controlling complex N-glycan synthesis cause carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type II, an autosomal recessive disease with defective brain development. 8808595 1996
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Pre-existing maternal obesity and GDM are associated with decreased expression in genes involved in fatty acid uptake and intracellular transport (LPL, FATP2, FATP6, FABPpm and ASCL1), triacylglyceride (TAG) biosynthesis (MGAT1,7 MGAT2 and DGAT1), lipogenesis (FASN) and lipolysis (PNPLA2, HSL and MGLL). 24262292 2014
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our results suggest that MGAT2 modulates energy expenditure through multiple mechanisms, including one independent of dietary fat; these findings also raise the prospect of inhibiting MGAT2 as a strategy for combating obesity and related metabolic disorders resulting from excessive calorie intake. 21734185 2011
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE The described cell-based assay adds a new methodology for the development and evaluation of MGAT2 inhibitors for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. 25598079 2015
CUI: C0028754
Disease: Obesity
Obesity
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Inhibition of MGAT2 modulates fat-induced gut peptide release and fat intake in normal mice and ameliorates obesity and diabetes in ob/ob mice fed on a high fat diet. 31837122 2020
Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
0.040 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The genes reported for CDG with NIHF for 15 distinct families include: PMM2 in 47% (7/15), ALG9 in 20% (3/15), ALG8 in 13% (2/15), ALG1 in 7% (1/15), MGAT2 in 7% (1/15), and COG6 7% (1/15). 31420886 2020
Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
0.040 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Based on molecular studies, the 27 CDG patients were classified into different subtypes: ALG9-CDG (8 patients, 29.5%), ALG3-CDG (7 patients, 26%), COG6-CDG (7 patients, 26%), MGAT2-CDG (3 patients, 11%), SLC35A2-CDG (1 patient), and PMM2-CDG (1 patient). 28742265 2017
Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
0.040 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Fibroblast extracts from two patients with a recently described variant of this disease (CDGS type II) have previously been shown to have over 98% reduced activity of UDP-GlcNAc:alpha-6-D-mannoside beta-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase II [GlcNAc-TII; Jaeken, J., Schachter, H., Carchon, H., De Cock, P., Coddeville, B.& Spik, G. (1994) Arch.Dis.Childhood 71, 123-127]. 7607254 1995
Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
0.040 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Two unrelated CDGS type II patients are shown to have point mutations (one patient having Ser-->Phe and the other having His-->Arg) in the catalytic domain of the gene MGAT2, encoding UDP-GlcNAc:alpha-6-D-mannoside beta-1,2-N- acetylglucosaminyltransferase II (GnT II), an enzyme essential for biosynthesis of complex Asn-linked glycans. 8808595 1996
CUI: C0025517
Disease: Metabolic Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
0.030 Biomarker group BEFREE MGAT1 and MGAT2 are both implicated in obesity-related metabolic diseases. 28328322 2017
CUI: C0025517
Disease: Metabolic Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
0.030 Biomarker group BEFREE Our results suggest that MGAT2 modulates energy expenditure through multiple mechanisms, including one independent of dietary fat; these findings also raise the prospect of inhibiting MGAT2 as a strategy for combating obesity and related metabolic disorders resulting from excessive calorie intake. 21734185 2011
CUI: C0025517
Disease: Metabolic Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
0.030 Biomarker group BEFREE This report first discusses the biological rationale in support of inhibition of MGAT2 as a therapeutic approach that may offer a distinct and superior efficacy versus GI tolerability profile and then reviews advances in the discovery of small molecule MGAT2 inhibitors for the treatment of metabolic diseases and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). 29986142 2018
CUI: C0011847
Disease: Diabetes
Diabetes
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Inhibition of MGAT2 modulates fat-induced gut peptide release and fat intake in normal mice and ameliorates obesity and diabetes in ob/ob mice fed on a high fat diet. 31837122 2020
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.010 Biomarker group BEFREE Inhibition of MGAT2 modulates fat-induced gut peptide release and fat intake in normal mice and ameliorates obesity and diabetes in ob/ob mice fed on a high fat diet. 31837122 2020
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE The described cell-based assay adds a new methodology for the development and evaluation of MGAT2 inhibitors for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. 25598079 2015
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.010 Biomarker group BEFREE To demonstrate monoacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (MGAT2)-mediated enzyme activity in a cellular context, cells of the murine secretin tumor cell-1 line of enteroendocrine origin were used to construct human MGAT2-expressing recombinant cell lines. 25598079 2015
CUI: C0027819
Disease: Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Further, the N-glycosylation pathway in the NB_1(-Mgat2) cell line was rescued by transiently transfecting cells with Mgat2, thus creating the NB_1(-/+Mgat2) cell line. 29902282 2018
CUI: C0085207
Disease: Gestational Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
0.010 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Pre-existing maternal obesity and GDM are associated with decreased expression in genes involved in fatty acid uptake and intracellular transport (LPL, FATP2, FATP6, FABPpm and ASCL1), triacylglyceride (TAG) biosynthesis (MGAT1,7 MGAT2 and DGAT1), lipogenesis (FASN) and lipolysis (PNPLA2, HSL and MGLL). 24262292 2014
CUI: C0455988
Disease: Hydrops Fetalis, Non-Immune
Hydrops Fetalis, Non-Immune
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The genes reported for CDG with NIHF for 15 distinct families include: PMM2 in 47% (7/15), ALG9 in 20% (3/15), ALG8 in 13% (2/15), ALG1 in 7% (1/15), MGAT2 in 7% (1/15), and COG6 7% (1/15). 31420886 2020
CUI: C0700095
Disease: Central neuroblastoma
Central neuroblastoma
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Further, the N-glycosylation pathway in the NB_1(-Mgat2) cell line was rescued by transiently transfecting cells with Mgat2, thus creating the NB_1(-/+Mgat2) cell line. 29902282 2018
Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, type II
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Molecular cloning of the GnT II and alpha-Man II DNA sequences has allowed direct investigation of the genetic mutations underlying the glycosylation defect in CDA II patients to begin. 9009444 1997
GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE, CYTOCHROME b-POSITIVE, TYPE III
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Based on molecular studies, the 27 CDG patients were classified into different subtypes: ALG9-CDG (8 patients, 29.5%), ALG3-CDG (7 patients, 26%), COG6-CDG (7 patients, 26%), MGAT2-CDG (3 patients, 11%), SLC35A2-CDG (1 patient), and PMM2-CDG (1 patient). 28742265 2017
CUI: C3241937
Disease: Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE This report first discusses the biological rationale in support of inhibition of MGAT2 as a therapeutic approach that may offer a distinct and superior efficacy versus GI tolerability profile and then reviews advances in the discovery of small molecule MGAT2 inhibitors for the treatment of metabolic diseases and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). 29986142 2018
CUI: C4086165
Disease: Childhood Neuroblastoma
Childhood Neuroblastoma
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Further, the N-glycosylation pathway in the NB_1(-Mgat2) cell line was rescued by transiently transfecting cells with Mgat2, thus creating the NB_1(-/+Mgat2) cell line. 29902282 2018