PTN, pleiotrophin, 5764

N. diseases: 164; N. variants: 4
Disease: Diphtheria ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0012546
Disease: Diphtheria
Diphtheria 		0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE After pericyte ablation with diphtheria toxin, mice showed acute blood-brain barrier breakdown, severe loss of blood flow, and a rapid neuron loss that was associated with loss of pericyte-derived pleiotrophin (PTN), a neurotrophic growth factor. 31235908 2019