Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0020445
Disease: Hypercholesterolemia, Familial
Hypercholesterolemia, Familial
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE With the help of genome-wide technology, novel genetic variants have been implicated in CeVD and lipid metabolism such as those in protein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene in stroke and familial hypercholesterolemia. 26959706 2016
CUI: C0745103
Disease: Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa
0.200 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE With the help of genome-wide technology, novel genetic variants have been implicated in CeVD and lipid metabolism such as those in protein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene in stroke and familial hypercholesterolemia. 26959706 2016
CUI: C0038454
Disease: Cerebrovascular accident
Cerebrovascular accident
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE With the help of genome-wide technology, novel genetic variants have been implicated in CeVD and lipid metabolism such as those in protein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene in stroke and familial hypercholesterolemia. 26959706 2016
CUI: C0007820
Disease: Cerebrovascular Disorders
Cerebrovascular Disorders
0.010 Biomarker group BEFREE With the help of genome-wide technology, novel genetic variants have been implicated in CeVD and lipid metabolism such as those in protein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene in stroke and familial hypercholesterolemia. 26959706 2016
CUI: C0003850
Disease: Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Wild-type and D374Y-PCSK9 transgenic Yucatan minipigs were fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet to induce atherosclerosis and subjected to a clinical FDG-PET and computed tomography scan protocol. 31466620 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Wild-type and D374Y-PCSK9 transgenic Yucatan minipigs were fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet to induce atherosclerosis and subjected to a clinical FDG-PET and computed tomography scan protocol. 31466620 2019
CUI: C0745103
Disease: Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa
0.200 Biomarker disease BEFREE While relatively high cost can be given as a problem, PCSK9 inhibitors are able to reduce LDL cholesterol dramatically even in FH patients who could not achieve targets until now. 28784313 2018
Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, NOS
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE While high-intensity statins remain the first-line treatment to prevent recurrent ASCVD events in secondary prevention patients, ezetimibe and PCSK9 inhibitors are evidence-based non-statin agents that can be used when residual on top of maximally tolerated statin therapy in patients deemed to be at very-high risk of recurrent ASCVD events. 30941517 2019
CUI: C0242339
Disease: Dyslipidemias
Dyslipidemias
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE While gain-of-function mutations aggravate the degradation of LDLR as in familial hypercholesterolemia whereas loss of function mutations reduce the ability of PCSK9 to promote the degradation of LDLR and thus lower the plasma level of LDL-C and dyslipidemia. 28450903 2017
CUI: C0010068
Disease: Coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease
0.200 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE While exposing the polygenic architecture of circulating lipids and the underpinnings of dyslipidaemia, these genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have provided further evidence of the critical role that lipids play in coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, as indicated by the 2.7-fold enrichment for macrophage gene expression in atherosclerotic plaques and the association of 25 loci (such as PCSK9, APOB, ABCG5-G8, KCNK5, LPL, HMGCR, NPC1L1, CETP, TRIB1, ABO, PMAIP1-MC4R, and LDLR) with CHD. 29800275 2018
CUI: C0242339
Disease: Dyslipidemias
Dyslipidemias
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE While exposing the polygenic architecture of circulating lipids and the underpinnings of dyslipidaemia, these genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have provided further evidence of the critical role that lipids play in coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, as indicated by the 2.7-fold enrichment for macrophage gene expression in atherosclerotic plaques and the association of 25 loci (such as PCSK9, APOB, ABCG5-G8, KCNK5, LPL, HMGCR, NPC1L1, CETP, TRIB1, ABO, PMAIP1-MC4R, and LDLR) with CHD. 29800275 2018
CUI: C0036690
Disease: Septicemia
Septicemia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Whether PCSK9 genotype influences long-term outcomes in sepsis survivors is unknown. 30473376 2018
CUI: C0243026
Disease: Sepsis
Sepsis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Whether PCSK9 genotype influences long-term outcomes in sepsis survivors is unknown. 30473376 2018
CUI: C0742343
Disease: Acute Chest Syndrome
Acute Chest Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Whether PCSK9 mAbs decrease the rates of recurrent cardiovascular events within 3 months following ACS is questionable; however, these agents, unlike statins, may not have pleiotropic benefits on the unstable plaque. 23932550 2013
CUI: C0003850
Disease: Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Whereas PCSK9 gain-of-function (GOF) mutations are associated with autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH) and premature atherosclerosis, PCSK9 loss-of-function (LOF) mutations have a cardio-protective effect and in some cases can lead to familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL). 26586530 2016
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Whereas PCSK9 gain-of-function (GOF) mutations are associated with autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH) and premature atherosclerosis, PCSK9 loss-of-function (LOF) mutations have a cardio-protective effect and in some cases can lead to familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL). 26586530 2016
CUI: C0745103
Disease: Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa
0.200 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Whereas PCSK9 gain-of-function (GOF) mutations are associated with autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH) and premature atherosclerosis, PCSK9 loss-of-function (LOF) mutations have a cardio-protective effect and in some cases can lead to familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL). 26586530 2016
CUI: C0022658
Disease: Kidney Diseases
Kidney Diseases
0.040 AlteredExpression group BEFREE When pooled estimates were derived independently for low- and high-CV risk populations, baseline PCSK9 levels predicted total CV events only in apparently healthy subjects (RR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.050-1.222, Z = 3.21, p = 0.001) and not in populations with established CV or renal disease (RR = 1.09, 95% CI: 0.961-1.23, Z = 1.33, p = 0.182). 27501130 2016
CUI: C0003850
Disease: Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We tested the therapeutic effect of a PCSK9 vaccine on dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis. 31818299 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We tested the therapeutic effect of a PCSK9 vaccine on dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis. 31818299 2019
CUI: C0242339
Disease: Dyslipidemias
Dyslipidemias
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE We tested the therapeutic effect of a PCSK9 vaccine on dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis. 31818299 2019
CUI: C0948008
Disease: Ischemic stroke
Ischemic stroke
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We studied whether the PCSK9 gene is linked to the risk of ischemic stroke (IS) and with the development of intracranial atherosclerosis. 17940607 2007
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE We studied the effects of the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor evolocumab on fasting plasma glucose, glycated hemoglobin, weight, and new-onset diabetes mellitus. 28844508 2017
CUI: C0011847
Disease: Diabetes
Diabetes
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We sought to investigate the associations of LDL cholesterol-lowering PCSK9 variants with type 2 diabetes and related biomarkers to gauge the likely effects of PCSK9 inhibitors on diabetes risk. 27908689 2017
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE We sought to investigate the associations of LDL cholesterol-lowering PCSK9 variants with type 2 diabetes and related biomarkers to gauge the likely effects of PCSK9 inhibitors on diabetes risk. 27908689 2017