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 In SOC patients, we observed that malignancy is associated with high levels of BORIS expression while BOC patients show lower levels. 31406110 2019
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE These results identify a previously unrecognized role of BORIS-to promote regulatory chromatin interactions that support specific cancer phenotypes. 31391581 2019
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE BORIS: a key regulator of cancer stemness. 30323717 2018
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE While healthy somatic tissues express only CTCF, CTCF and BORIS are normally co-expressed in meiotic and post-meiotic germ cells, and aberrant activation of BORIS occurs in tumors and some cancer cell lines. 29077515 2018
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Recently CTCFL/BORIS has received additional attention as a target expressed in cancer stem cells (CSC). 30390146 2018
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The two paralogous zinc finger factors CTCF and CTCFL differ in expression such that CTCF is ubiquitously expressed, whereas CTCFL is found during spermatogenesis and in some cancer types in addition to other cell types. 29860503 2018
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Here, we downregulate BORIS expression in the K562 cancer cell line to investigate downstream pathways regulated by BORIS. 29088719 2017
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Effectively controlling BORIS/CTCFL levels can inhibit disease establishment and hence can be considered as a potent target for cancer therapy. 28104398 2017
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE BORIS up-regulates OCT4 via histone methylation to promote cancer stem cell-like properties in human liver cancer cells. 28645561 2017
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE We demonstrate that IGF2 expression in IH is strongly related to the expression of a cancer testes and suspected oncogene BORIS (paralog of CTCF), placing IH in the unique category of being the first known benign BORIS positive tumor. 26496499 2015
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE BORIS silencing strongly down-regulated the expression of hTERT, stem cell and cancer stem cell marker genes. 25279549 2014
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Several studies have shown that the expression of BORIS is restricted to normal adult testis, pluripotent cells, and diverse cancer cell lines. 24928684 2014
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE However, BORIS can inhibit cell proliferation, and is mutated in cancer similarly to CTCF suggesting BORIS activation in cancer may be due to global genetic or epigenetic changes typical of malignant transformation. 24657531 2014
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE BORIS was previously reported to show cancer-testis antigen like expression, but its immunogenicity has remained unclear in cancer patients. 22676270 2012
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The expression profile and essential role of BORIS in cancer make this molecule very attractive target for cancer immunotherapy. 22168535 2011
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE In this study, we examined the relation between BORIS expression and gastric cancer, which is the most common cancer in Korea. 21495859 2011
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Coordinated cancer germline antigen promoter and global DNA hypomethylation in ovarian cancer: association with the BORIS/CTCF expression ratio and advanced stage. 21296871 2011
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The structural complexity of the human BORIS gene in gametogenesis and cancer. 21079786 2010
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Treatment with BORIS-specific siRNA, but not control siRNA led to a concentration-dependent reduction in BORIS expression and proportional apoptotic death of the cancer but not control cells. 18355444 2008
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE In normal testis, BORIS is transcribed from all three promoters, but 84% of the 30 cancer cell lines tested used only promoter(s) A and/or C while the others utilized primarily promoters B and C. The differences in promoter usage between normal and cancer cells suggested that they were subject to differential regulation. 17962299 2007
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Specifically, administration of the functional BORIS protein would hypothetically pose a risk of BORIS accelerating the progression of cancer. 17182597 2007
CUI: C1306459
Disease: Primary malignant neoplasm
Primary malignant neoplasm
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE The sibling rivalry occasioned by aberrant expression of BORIS in cancer may interfere with normal functions of CTCF including growth suppression, and contribute to epigenetic dysregulation which is a common feature in human cancer. 12191639 2002