Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Thymidine phosphorylase (TP) is over expressed in several solid tumors and its inhibition can offer unique target suitable for drug discovery in cancer. 30634096 2019
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE M1 and M2 cancer showed overexpression of TP in both cancer cells and SMCs. 29892805 2018
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This review provides comprehensive understanding of the molecular mechanism of TP function in cancer. 29604437 2018
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Thymidine phosphorylase (TP) promotes angiogenesis and metastasis, and confers resistance to anticancer agents in some cancer cell types. 25350954 2014
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Thymidine phosphorylase (TP) is considered an attractive therapeutic target, because increased TP expression can suppress cancer cell death induced by DNA-damaging agents. 21973306 2012
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Thymidine phosphorylase in cancer cells stimulates human endothelial cell migration and invasion by the secretion of angiogenic factors. 21386840 2011
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Thymidine phosphorylase (TP) expression was inhibited in cancer, but not normal cultures. 18802666 2009
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Our results collectively establish the regulation and role of ERK-mediated cytoplasmic accumulation of hnRNP K as an upstream modulator of TP, suggesting that hnRNP K may be an attractive candidate as a future therapeutic target for cancer. 19330019 2009
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The various complex interactions of TP give it an essential role in cellular functioning and, hence, it is an ideal target in cancer therapy. 18600526 2008
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Thymidine phosphorylase (TP, EC 2.4.2.4) activity varies in different human cancer cell lines. 17805539 2008
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE TP protein and enzyme activity were detected at comparable levels in kappaB4-CEA205- and CMV-driven TP cDNA-transfected cancer cell lines (H630 and RKO). 17687334 2007
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Identification of the angiogenic endothelial-cell growth factor-1/thymidine phosphorylase as a potential target for immunotherapy of cancer. 16497972 2006
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Molecular basis for the involvement of thymidine phosphorylase in cancer invasion. 16685420 2006
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE The value of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor expression was highest at the border of the colorectal cancer (35.3 +/- 8.9 percent), followed by the cancer nest (15.2 +/- 9.2 percent) and normal mucosa (7.7 +/- 3.4 percent). 15657660 2004
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE These results showed that the cancer cell line with high expression of PD-ECGF had a rapid cell cycle and consequently facilitated rapid cell growth not only in vivo but also in vitro. 12792754 2004
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Intrarater agreement level for TP judgment by pathologists A, B, or C was substantial to almost perfect for cancer cells (kappa = 0.755-0.880), and for cancer stromal tissue (kappa = 0.620-0.752). 15567938 2004
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE PD-ECGF expression may be associated with cancer cell migration via activation of ROCK1. 12794027 2003
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE High thymidine phosphorylase cancer cells and thymidine phosphorylase stromal cells expression was associated with high angiogenesis in prostate carcinomas, and this significant association was extended to include both tumour-associated macrophages and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes. 11986782 2002
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE In this study, we examined the expression of TP and an activated macrophage-specific enzyme, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), involved in malignancy in 22 cases with melanomas. 11011118 2000
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Transfecting the human TP cDNA into cancer cells in order to sensitize them to these pyrimidine antimetabolites may be an important approach in human cancer gene therapy research. 10468288 1999
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE PD-ECGF expression in cancer cells was significantly higher in tumors with pelvic node metastasis and squamous cell carcinoma. 10375608 1999
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE These data suggest that TP could be transfected in tumor cells to increase the sensitivity to 5-FU for subsequent cancer gene therapy. 9935191 1999
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE The enzyme/cytokine thymidine phosphorylase/platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (TP/PD-ECGF) has diverse functions within cells, including the regulation of steady-state thymidine levels, the conversion of the cancer chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil (FUra) to an active metabolite, and the mediation of angiogenesis in normal and malignant cells. 9815767 1997
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE These data demonstrate that microvessel density may be associated with the depth of cancer invasion and that platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor may play an important role in the early stage of colon cancer development through angiogenesis. 9379508 1997
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE These data and the correlation of expression in tumors with malignancy identify TP as a target for antitumor strategies. 7532308 1995