Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0345967
Disease: Malignant mesothelioma
Malignant mesothelioma
0.300 Biomarker disease CTD_human Comprehensive genomic analysis of malignant pleural mesothelioma identifies recurrent mutations, gene fusions and splicing alterations. 26928227 2016
CUI: C0278883
Disease: Metastatic melanoma
Metastatic melanoma
0.300 GeneticVariation disease UNIPROT
CUI: C4021085
Disease: Abnormality of brain morphology
Abnormality of brain morphology
0.100 GeneticVariation phenotype CLINVAR
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.030 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis was used to determine the mRNA expression of Ulk2 in 20 pairs of tumor and adjacent normal tissues. 30655741 2019
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.030 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Knockdown of ULK2 expression significantly induced autophagy, EMT, and migration but suppressed proliferation as well as tumor growth in a xenotransplantation model, whereas silencing of ULK1 had no effect. 27062295 2016
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.030 AlteredExpression group BEFREE ULK2 overexpression inhibited anchorage independent growth, inhibited astrocyte transformation in vitro and tumor growth in vivo. 24923441 2014
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.020 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Overexpression of Ulk2 inhibits cancer cell proliferation and enhances chemosensitivity to cisplatin in NSCLC. 30655741 2019
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.020 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Overexpression of Ulk2 inhibits cancer cell proliferation and enhances chemosensitivity to cisplatin in NSCLC. 30655741 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.020 Biomarker group BEFREE In turn, ULK1 and its highly homologous protein ULK2 are able to transduce MAPK15 signals stimulating early phases of autophagosomal biogenesis in a multikinase cascade that offers numerous potential targets for future therapeutic intervention in cancer and other autophagy-related human diseases. 30131341 2018
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.020 Biomarker group BEFREE In turn, ULK1 and its highly homologous protein ULK2 are able to transduce MAPK15 signals stimulating early phases of autophagosomal biogenesis in a multikinase cascade that offers numerous potential targets for future therapeutic intervention in cancer and other autophagy-related human diseases. 30131341 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.020 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here, we identified 4 core autophagy genes: ATG4B, ATG4D, ULK1, and ULK2, in addition to the transcription factor TFEB, a master regulator of lysosomal biogenesis and function, as transcriptional targets of AR in prostate cancer. 27977328 2017
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.020 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here, we identified 4 core autophagy genes: ATG4B, ATG4D, ULK1, and ULK2, in addition to the transcription factor TFEB, a master regulator of lysosomal biogenesis and function, as transcriptional targets of AR in prostate cancer. 27977328 2017
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.020 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Taken together, our findings indicate that mir-26b inhibits autophagy through targeting ULK2 which is up-regulated in PCa. 26920049 2016
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.020 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Taken together, our findings indicate that mir-26b inhibits autophagy through targeting ULK2 which is up-regulated in PCa. 26920049 2016
CUI: C0007131
Disease: Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The mRNA expression levels of Ulk2 were significantly lower in 16/20 (70.0%) NSCLC specimens compared with in non-cancerous tissues, as revealed by RT-qPCR (P<0.05). 30655741 2019
CUI: C0026848
Disease: Myopathy
Myopathy
0.010 Biomarker group BEFREE Here, we demonstrate that disrupted expression of the core autophagy proteins ULK1 and ULK2 in mice causes a vacuolar myopathy with ubiquitin and TDP-43-positive inclusions; this myopathy is similar to that caused by VCP/p97 mutations, the most common cause of familial IBM. 30979586 2019
CUI: C0009402
Disease: Colorectal Carcinoma
Colorectal Carcinoma
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our data exhibit that candidate cancer-related genes NRIP1, DOK1, PARD3, PRKCI, DLGAP3, ULK1 and ULK2 harbor mutational ITH as well as the frameshift mutations in CRC with MSI-H. Also, the results suggest that frameshift mutations of these genes might play a role in tumorigenesis through their inactivation in CRC. 28844109 2018
CUI: C0036341
Disease: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
0.010 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Although a recent study reported a copy number variation of Ulk2, a gene essential for initiating autophagy, associated with a case of schizophrenia (SZ), it remains to be studied whether Ulk2 dysfunction could underlie the pathophysiology of the disease. 29893844 2018
CUI: C0596263
Disease: Carcinogenesis
Carcinogenesis
0.010 GeneticVariation phenotype BEFREE Our data exhibit that candidate cancer-related genes NRIP1, DOK1, PARD3, PRKCI, DLGAP3, ULK1 and ULK2 harbor mutational ITH as well as the frameshift mutations in CRC with MSI-H. Also, the results suggest that frameshift mutations of these genes might play a role in tumorigenesis through their inactivation in CRC. 28844109 2018
CUI: C0595989
Disease: Carcinoma of larynx
Carcinoma of larynx
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE These findings revealed that miRNA-26b may play a key role in cell growth and death of laryngeal carcinoma through ULK2 and the PTEN/AKT pathway, and thus may be a new target for gene therapy in laryngeal carcinoma. 28713931 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE One of the hypermethylated genes in GBM, ULK2, an upstream autophagy inducer, was found to be down-regulated in GBM. 24923441 2014
CUI: C0017638
Disease: Glioma
Glioma
0.010 Biomarker disease BEFREE ULK2 also inhibited the growth of glioma cells, which required autophagy induction as kinase mutant of ULK2 failed to induce autophagy and inhibit growth. 24923441 2014
CUI: C1621958
Disease: Glioblastoma Multiforme
Glioblastoma Multiforme
0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE One of the hypermethylated genes in GBM, ULK2, an upstream autophagy inducer, was found to be down-regulated in GBM. 24923441 2014