EGF, epidermal growth factor, 1950

N. diseases: 774; N. variants: 33
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Autocrine and paracrine factors, including glutamate and epidermal growth factor (EGF), are potent inducers of brain tumor cell invasion, a pathological hallmark of malignant gliomas. 30298963 2018
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The epidermal growth factor (EGFR) pathway is frequently activated in glioblastoma but the clinical efficacy of EGFR inhibitors in malignant glioma has been disappointing. 27121290 2016
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Olig2-Dependent Reciprocal Shift in PDGF and EGF Receptor Signaling Regulates Tumor Phenotype and Mitotic Growth in Malignant Glioma. 27165742 2016
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors contribute to the development of malignant glioma. 24330607 2013
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Malignant gliomas are associated with alteration in EGF/EGFR signaling. 22481252 2012
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In the current study, we examined the expression of EGF-like domain 7 (EGFL7), an endothelial cell-derived secreted factor, in malignant gliomas and explored its clinical significance. 20213100 2010
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We hypothesized that a polymorphism in the 5'-untranslated region of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) gene, a natural ligand of the EGFR, may play a role in the genesis of these malignant gliomas. 14973082 2004
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our purpose was to analyze retrospectively the prognostic input of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGF-R), epidermal growth factor (EGF-R), and bcl-2 expression in 103 malignant gliomas from uniformly treated patients. 15048678 2004
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Amplification and/or mutations of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor have been frequently reported in human malignant gliomas, the most common primary tumor of the adult central nervous system. 11535237 2001
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Gene amplification of erbB genes in human malignant gliomas was restricted to the EGF receptor (EGFR) gene, erbB-1. 7760096 1994
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Polysomy and structural rearrangements of chromosome #7 could be related to the overexpression of epidermal growth factor gene, previously observed in some malignant gliomas. 2824025 1987
CUI: C0555198
Disease: Malignant Glioma
Malignant Glioma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This may be exemplified by the human malignant glioma, in which the sis gene (encoding a growth factor homologous to PDGF) and the erb B gene (encoding a membrane protein homologous to the EGF receptor) have been implicated. 3001490 1985