VGF, VGF nerve growth factor inducible, 7425

N. diseases: 63; N. variants: 2
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0233514
Disease: Abnormal behavior
Abnormal behavior
0.040 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE VGF knockout mice display behavioral abnormalities such as higher depressive behavior and memory dysfunction. 28680036 2017
CUI: C0233514
Disease: Abnormal behavior
Abnormal behavior
0.040 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE Author Correction: Behavioral abnormalities with disruption of brain structure in mice overexpressing VGF. 30455452 2018
CUI: C0233514
Disease: Abnormal behavior
Abnormal behavior
0.040 AlteredExpression phenotype BEFREE Moreover, the behavioral changes in responses to various doses may be related to the upregulation (0.025 and 0.05 mg/kg) and downregulation (1 and 3 mg/kg) of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and VGF in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in mice. 29020410 2018
CUI: C0233514
Disease: Abnormal behavior
Abnormal behavior
0.040 Biomarker phenotype BEFREE However, the role of VGF in human psychiatric disorders is unknown. 20631166 2010
CUI: C0152013
Disease: Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder)
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE Overall, our findings show how VGF can confer TKI resistance and trigger EMT, suggesting its potential utility as a biomarker and therapeutic target in lung adenocarcinoma.<i></i>. 28381546 2017
CUI: C0278878
Disease: Adult Glioblastoma
Adult Glioblastoma
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE VGF serves a dual role in the glioblastoma hierarchy by promoting GSC survival and stemness in vitro and in vivo while also supporting DGC survival and inducing DGC secretion of BDNF. 29625067 2018
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.040 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here, we extended the study of VGF by comparing levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 44 DLB patients, 20 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, and 22 cognitively normal controls selected from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort. 31547145 2019
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Future work will be needed to determine the specificity of VGF for AD versus other neurodegenerative diseases. 31305322 2020
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE In contrast, neurosecretory protein VGF was lower in patients with AD than in patients with MCI (ß = -0.93 [SE 0.22]) and control subjects (ß = 0.46 [SE 0.19]). 29370833 2018
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.040 Biomarker disease BEFREE Secretogranin-2 (p<0.005) and neurosecretory protein VGF (p<0.001) concentrations were lowered in AD. 29028155 2018
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
0.060 Biomarker disease BEFREE VGF is decreased throughout ALS (<i>p</i> < 0.05). 30618638 2018
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
0.060 Biomarker disease BEFREE Taken together, selective VGF fragment depletion may participate in disease onset and/or progression of ALS. 27737014 2016
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
0.060 Biomarker disease BEFREE Previous proteomic evidence revealed that the content of certain peptide fragments including Vgf-derived peptide aa 398-411 (Vgf(398-411)) of the precursor Vgf protein in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) correctly identified patients with ALS from normal and disease controls. 18432310 2008
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
0.060 Biomarker disease BEFREE These findings suggested that VGF was involved in the pathology of ALS. 30656593 2019
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
0.060 Biomarker disease LHGDN Identification of potential CSF biomarkers in ALS. 16481598 2006
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
0.060 Biomarker disease BEFREE These data suggest that VGF plays a critical role in motor neuron survival and may be a potential new therapeutic target for ALS, and SUN N8075 may become a potential therapeutic candidate for treatment of ALS. 21151573 2010
ANOPHTHALMIA AND PULMONARY HYPOPLASIA
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Changes in expression levels of VGF, as well as of two additional proteins previously reported to be overexpressed in PNI, Nestin and Neuromodulin (GAP43), closely recapitulated our proteomic findings in PDAC tissues. 30690892 2019
CUI: C0004941
Disease: Behavioral Symptoms
Behavioral Symptoms
0.010 Biomarker group BEFREE Our findings indicate that long-term post-weaning social isolation alters signaling via VGF/BDNF/TrkB and nNOS that could interfere with neurodevelopmental processes which may contribute to pathological behavioral symptoms in adulthood. 31128132 2019
CUI: C0005586
Disease: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
0.310 Biomarker disease PSYGENET A neuropeptide precursor VGF has potent antidepressant effects and has been reportedly associated with bipolar disorder. 24934694 2014
CUI: C0005586
Disease: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
0.310 Biomarker disease PSYGENET The dysregulation of VGF in bipolar disorder as well as the behavioral effects of the neuropeptide similar to LiCl suggests that VGF may underlie the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder. 20631166 2010
CUI: C0005586
Disease: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
0.310 Biomarker disease BEFREE The dysregulation of VGF in bipolar disorder as well as the behavioral effects of the neuropeptide similar to LiCl suggests that VGF may underlie the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder. 20631166 2010
CUI: C0005695
Disease: Bladder Neoplasm
Bladder Neoplasm
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Forced expression of VGF in bladder cancer cell lines inhibited cell growth. 24830820 2014
CUI: C0678222
Disease: Breast Carcinoma
Breast Carcinoma
0.010 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE We isolated plasma DNA from 340 participants in a breast cancer case control project to study promoter methylation levels of five genes previously shown to be associated with breast cancer in frozen tissue and in cell line DNA: MAL, KIF1A, FKBP4, VGF and OGDHL. 24927296 2014
CUI: C0699885
Disease: Carcinoma of bladder
Carcinoma of bladder
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Forced expression of VGF in bladder cancer cell lines inhibited cell growth. 24830820 2014
CUI: C0684249
Disease: Carcinoma of lung
Carcinoma of lung
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Expression of Neuroendocrine Factor VGF in Lung Cancer Cells Confers Resistance to EGFR Kinase Inhibitors and Triggers Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition. 28381546 2017