Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE There were 130 men with clinically localized PCa in whom pretreatment serum PSA level and Ki-67, prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), microvessel density (MVD) and human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) proteins expression, based on number of immunohistochemically positive cells (labelling index), were retrospectively studied. 30989489 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoter was chosen to transcriptionally control EZH2 gene expression to obtain adenoviral replication (Ad‑hTERT‑EZH2shRNA) in human PCa cell lines. 31115564 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The SFN-mediated changes in levels of histone post-translational modifications, more specifically acetylation of histone H3 lysine 18 and di-methylation of histone H3 lysine 4, 2 modifications linked with high risk of prostate cancer recurrence, were associated with regulatory elements within the hTERT promoter region. 26458818 2016
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We examined the role of THOR (TERT Hypermethylated Oncological Region) as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in prostate cancer (PCa).We analyzed THOR in common cancers using genome-wide methylation arrays. 27437772 2016
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results provide evidence that the TERT gene variability modulate prostate cancer predisposition in ethnical Russians. 25296732 2015
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Previous research identified four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) principally associated with circulating PSA levels rather than with prostate cancer risk (TERT rs2736098, FGFR2 rs10788160, TBX3 rs11067228, KLK3 rs17632542). 26431041 2015
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The underlying mechanisms for high TERT expression in PrCa have still not been clarified. 25997473 2015
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE It was observed that the C allele of the TERT intron 2 SNP (rs2736100) was significantly associated with reduced risk of PCa aggressiveness [odds ratio (OR)=0.81; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.66-0.99; P=0.037]. 25738283 2015
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Multiple stepwise logistic regression analysis identified four signals in the promoter or intronic regions of TERT that independently associated with PrCa risk. 23535824 2013
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Prostate specimens and urine sediments from 179 previously untreated patients with pT2-pT3 stage PCa were analyzed for expression of telomerase (TERT and TR) and the TMPRSS2-ERG fusion gene by means of reverse transcription PCR. 22505341 2012
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Plasma hTERT mRNA is significantly associated with poor prognosis tumor clinicopathological parameters and is a significant independent predictor of PCa (p<0.0001). 22916267 2012
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE At multivariate analysis, plasma hTERT mRNA levels and age but not PSA showed a positive trend (p = 0.05) in the risk of locally advanced PCa. 22559196 2012
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To determine the role of telomere dysfunction and telomerase reactivation in generating pro-oncogenic genomic events and in carcinoma progression, an inducible telomerase reverse transcriptase (mTert) allele was crossed onto a prostate cancer-prone mouse model null for Pten and p53 tumor suppressors. 22341455 2012
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We also identified a SNP in TERT more strongly associated with PrCa than that previously reported. 21743467 2011
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human We also identified a SNP in TERT more strongly associated with PrCa than that previously reported. 21743467 2011
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human Sequence variants at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus associate with many cancer types. 19151717 2009
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We conclude that CXCR4/SDF-1 pathway plays an important role in PCa bone metastasis. hTERT promoter-induced tumor cell-specific CXCR4 gene silencing may prevent in vitro invasiveness and in vivo bone metastasis of PCa. 18836306 2008
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Real-time quantification of human telomerase reverse transcriptase mRNA in the plasma of patients with prostate cancer. 17108213 2006
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Human telomerase reverse transcriptase antisense treatment downregulates the viability of prostate cancer cells in vitro. 11408918 2001