PSEN2, presenilin 2, 5664

N. diseases: 146; N. variants: 32
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have localized the PS-1 gene to a 75 kb region and present the structure of this gene, evidence for alternative splicing and describe six novel mutations in early onset FAD pedigrees all of which alter residues conserved in the STM2 (Presenilin 2: PS-2) gene. 7550356 1995
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A PS2 mutation associated with familial Alzheimer's disease was found to generate a molecule with enhanced basal apoptotic activity. 8939861 1996
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the presenilin 1 (PS1) and presenilin 2 genes cosegregate with the majority of early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) pedigrees. 8938131 1996
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To determine whether the presenilin 1 (PS1), presenilin 2 (PS2) and amyloid beta-protein precursor (APP) mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) increase the extracellular concentration of amyloid beta-protein (A beta) ending at A beta 42(43) in vivo, we performed a blinded comparison of plasma A beta levels in carriers of these mutations and controls. 8705854 1996
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Genomic structure and expression of STM2, the chromosome 1 familial Alzheimer disease gene. 8661049 1996
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These results suggest (i) that, in contrast to mutations in PS-1, mutations in PS-2 are a relatively rare cause of FAD; (ii) that other genetic or environmental factor modify the AD phenotype associated with PS-2 mutations; and (iii) that still other FAD susceptibility genes remain to be identified. 8817335 1996
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE FAD-associated mutations in PS1 and PS2 do not significantly modify either their migration patterns on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis or their overall subcellular localization, although subtle differences in perinuclear staining were noted for mutant PS1. 8574969 1996
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Presenilin-2 is a gene of unknown function recently identified based upon linkage with some forms of familial Alzheimer's disease. 8941712 1996
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE These data suggest that downregulation of neuronal STM2 gene expression may be involved in the progression of AD. 8918895 1996
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Presenilin-1 (PS1) and presenilin-2 (PS2) are associated with a majority of early onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). 9106743 1997
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Mutations in the presenilin 1 (PS1) and presenilin 2 (PS2) genes can cause Alzheimer's disease in affected members of the majority of early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) pedigrees. 9212102 1997
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the presenilin 1 (PS1) and presenilin 2 (PS2) genes are associated with early-onset autosomal dominant familial Alzheimer's disease, and the gene products are endoproteolytically processed to yield N-terminal fragments (NTF) and C-terminal fragments (CTF). 9398634 1997
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations of the presenilin PS1 and PS2 genes are closely linked to aggressive forms of early-onset (< 60 years) familial Alzheimer's disease. 9189035 1997
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human The presenilin 2 mutation (N141I) linked to familial Alzheimer disease (Volga German families) increases the secretion of amyloid beta protein ending at the 42nd (or 43rd) residue. 9050898 1997
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The presenilin 2 mutation (N141I) linked to familial Alzheimer disease (Volga German families) increases the secretion of amyloid beta protein ending at the 42nd (or 43rd) residue. 9050898 1997
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Germ line mutations in three genes have been detected in patients with familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) and sporadic, early onset disease: amyloid precursor protein (APP), presenilin 1 (PS-1), and presenilin 2 (PS-2). 9781063 1998
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Monogenic determinants of familial Alzheimer's disease: presenilin-2 mutations. 9791533 1998
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We found that exogenous expression of the PS1-NTF or PS2-NTF harboring FAD mutations was insufficient for increased production of amyloidogenic A beta X-42 peptide and that the overexpressed NTFs had no effect on the accumulation of endogenous presenilin fragments. 10076867 1999
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Although some investigators have shown that mutant PS1 processing is unaltered (with the exception of PS1-deltaE9, which lacks the cleavage site) in stably transfected cells and PS1-FAD transgenic mice, other investigators have reported altered FAD mutant PS1 and PS2 protein processing in transiently transfected cells and human FAD patients. 10386952 1999
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Many cases of early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) are caused by mutations in the presenilin 1 (PS1) and PS2 genes. 10025714 1999
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Most cases of early onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) involve mutations in presenilins (PS1 and PS2) genes. 10218912 1999
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Presenilin-1 (PS1) and presenilin-2 (PS2), the major genes of familial Alzheimer's disease, are homologous to sel-12, a Caenorhabditis elegans gene involved in cell fate decision during development. 9880584 1999
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The influence of endoproteolytic processing of familial Alzheimer's disease presenilin 2 on abeta42 amyloid peptide formation. 10575009 1999
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Most early onset cases of familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) are caused by mutations in presenilin-1 (PS1) and presenilin-2 (PS2). 10574364 1999
CUI: C0276496
Disease: Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Mutations in presenilin 1 (PS1) and presenilin 2 (PS2) are the most common genetic factors underlying the development of early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD). 10360683 1999