Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE rDer p 1 significantly up-regulated the expression of PLA2G4A, PLA2G6, PLA2G15, CYSLTR1, LB4R2, PTGS1, PTGS2, FOXP1, GATA3, HDAC2, IREB2, PPARG, STAT4, TSLP and CHI3L1 genes in asthmatics in comparison to healthy subjects. 25634111 2014
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Although YKL-40 is expressed in exaggerated quantities and correlates with disease activity in asthma and many other disorders, the biological properties of BRP-39/YKL-40 have only been rudimentarily defined. 19414556 2009
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Following adjustment for CHI3L1 genotype, significantly greater levels of YKL-40 were found in children with therapy-resistant asthma than in children with controlled asthma. 23628340 2013
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Serum YKL-40 may be used as a protein marker in classifying asthma severity by applying SPR technology as a reliable, label-free, highly sensitive, and cost-effective tool. 27616735 2017
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE A highly significant relation between serum levels of periostin and YKL40 and asthma severity, p value for each was <0.001. 29970479 2018
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the Tsukuba GWAS cohort, the C allele at rs946261 was significantly associated with reduced expression of CHI3L1 mRNA in the lung and with development of asthma (odds ratio (OR) 1.27; P = 0.036). 30940096 2019
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Chitinase 3-like 1 protein (CHI3L1) (YKL-40 in humans and breast regression protein [BRP]-39 in mice) is required for optimal allergen sensitization and Th2 inflammation in various chronic inflammatory diseases including asthma. 30402955 2019
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Variations in CHI3L1 and CHIA have been associated with asthma risk. 19644363 2009
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Serum periostin was high in both asthma and ACO, but not in COPD, whereas serum YKL-40 was high in both COPD and ACO, but not in asthma. 29981861 2019
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Further, a significant correlation with the genotypes in CHI3L1/YKL-40 was observed in the context of stress and asthma severity. 23190377 2013
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Less is known about non-type 2 inflammation but blood neutrophils and YKL-40 may be higher in patients with evidence of non-type 2 asthma. 31652141 2020
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE CHI3L1 is a secreted glycoprotein and associated with inflammation, fibrosis, asthma, extracellular tissue remodeling and solid tumors. 30121622 2019
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The chitinase-like protein YKL-40 has been associated with asthma and lung function in adults, but studies in children have yielded conflicting results. 31487401 2019
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To explore whether interactions between high fungal exposure and common genetic variants in the two chitinases in humans, CHIT1 and CHIA, and the chitinase 3-like 1 gene, CHI3L1, are associated with severe asthma exacerbations and other asthma-related outcomes. 20538957 2010
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To study the interactions of the Chitinase 3-Like-1 functional promoter SNP rs4950928 and its role on asthma exacerbations in a population of children and young adults with asthma. 21530869 2011
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Serum chitotriosidase and YKL-40 were significantly elevated in patients with asthma and those with COPD compared with healthy control subjects. 26372680 2016
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We also found a significant correlation between YKL-40 serum level and spirometric indices even after adjusting the effects of other variables.We report for the first time in an Iranian population that YKL-40 may be a good diagnostic marker of asthma in serum. 24659163 2014
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE It has never been addressed whether SNPs in CHI3L1 and cord blood YKL-40 levels could already serve as potential biomarkers for milder forms of asthma. 27193312 2016
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE CHI3L1 is a susceptibility gene for asthma, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and reduced lung function, and elevated circulating YKL-40 levels are a biomarker for asthma and decline in lung function. 18403759 2008
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our results suggest that CCL18 and YKL-40 levels and CHIT1 activity are enhanced in allergic airway inflammation and thus may contribute to airway remodelling in asthma. 23331560 2013
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The study had two parts.Study I (n = 115) was a one-year prospective cohort designed to explore the relationship of serum YKL-40 levels with inflammatory phenotypes of asthma at baseline, and during exacerbations. 31113430 2019
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The objective of the present study was to investigate the association of common variation in the CHI3L1 locus with asthma, atopy and lung function in a large population-based sample of adults. 19568425 2009
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Completion of the human genome sequence and the advent of genome-wide association studies have resulted in the identification of two novel asthma susceptibility genes, ORMDL3 and CHI3L1, in the past year. 18769193 2008
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE After stratified according to ethnicity, CHI3L1 rs4950928 variant was associated with decreased asthma risk in Caucasians (GG + GC vs. CC: OR = 0.621, 95% CI = 0.484-0.797, P = 0.000; GC vs. CC: OR = 0.612, 95% CI = 0.470-0.796, P = 0.000; G vs. C: OR = 0.696, 95% CI = 0.567-0.856, P = 0.001). 29233108 2017
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The importance of CHI3L1 in initiation and development of asthma is not limited to its involvement in highly orchestrated events of inflammatory cytokines but further research is needed for further elucidation. 27438466 2016