UCP2, uncoupling protein 2, 7351

N. diseases: 235; N. variants: 5
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C1391732
Disease: Cancer cachexia
Cancer cachexia
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Upregulation by lipid-mobilizing factor of uncoupling proteins-1, -2 and -3 in brown adipose tissue, and of uncoupling protein-2 in skeletal muscle and liver, suggests that these uncoupling proteins may serve to utilize excess lipid mobilized during fat catabolism in cancer cachexia. 11870545 2002