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 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 LHGDN 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 Biomarker disease BEFREE YKL-40, also known as chitinase-like protein, has been shown to be related to various inflammatory conditions including atherosclerosis, diabetes, cancer, and asthma. 29028081 2017
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In contrast to the promoter SNP rs4950928, the intronic SNP rs12141494 in CHI3L1 is associated with asthma severity, lung function, and YKL-40 expression in the blood and airway. 25592985 2015
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 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Interestingly, it has been reported that rs10399931 (-329 G/A) of CHI3LI contributes to the inter-individual plasma YKL-40 levels in patients with sarcoidosis, and that rs4950928 (-131 C/G) is a susceptibility polymorphism for asthma and a decline in lung function. 19421404 2009
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 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 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our findings suggest that the CHI3L1 polymorphisms rs1538372 and rs10399931 can be used as genetic markers for predicting asthma risk in the Taiwanese population. 25056157 2014
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 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Plasma YKL-40 levels were examined in relation to CHI3L1 rs4950928 genotype and clinical characteristics including Asthma Predictive Index, medication use, time spent with respiratory symptoms, atopic status, and blood leukocytes. 27732738 2017
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Plasma YKL-40 levels were significantly elevated in patients with asthma compared to those in control subjects (<i>p</i> < .05). 31295039 2019
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 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 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 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 The YKL-40 clusters are potentially useful for identification of individuals with severe or exacerbation-prone asthma. 29025889 2017