Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Then, IGF2 was upregulated in IGF2AS-overexpressed PCa cells to assess the functional involvement of IGF2 in IGF2AS-mediated PCa cell development. 30423304 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Methylation of the A region in promoter P4 correlated specifically with IGF2 expression in the 20% of PCa where IGF2 was higher in tumors than in adjacent prostate. 29239100 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Higher serum 25(OH)D may increase risk of prostate cancer in the presence of higher circulating IGF-2. 28417914 2017
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here, we evaluate several mechanisms potentially leading to up- and/or down-regulation of IGF2 expression in prostate cancer and present a novel role of Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) as a transcriptional regulator of IGF2 binding in IGF2-DMR0. 29017567 2017
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE To establish whether the association between milk intake and prostate cancer operates via the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) pathway (including IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2, and IGFBP-3). 28361446 2017
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Surprisingly, we also found loss of IGF2 imprinting in CSCs derived from cell lines HCT116 and ASPC that overall demonstrate maintenance of IGF2 imprinting. 27275535 2016
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In ∼700 men without prostate cancer and two replication cohorts (N ∼ 900 and ∼9,000), we examined the properties of these SNPS as instrumental variables (IVs) for IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-3. 27225428 2016
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In addition, the top candidate lncRNA ENSG00000261777 shares an intron with DDX19, and interacts with IGF2 P1, indicating its involvement in prostate cancer. 25385343 2015
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These studies reveal a GATA2-IGF2 aggressiveness axis in lethal prostate cancer and identify a therapeutic opportunity in this challenging disease. 25670080 2015
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Gene expression levels of IMP3 and its molecular target IGF2 were analyzed in 29 frozen and 26 paraffin-embedded PC tissues using real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. 24615121 2014
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We present a potential mechanism for prostatic IGF2 contributing to PC progression by inducing steroidogenesis and that IGF2 signalling and related pathways present attractive targets for PC therapy. 23319492 2013
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE While loss of imprinting (LOI) has been reported for two genes in prostate cancer (IGF2 and TFPI2), disease-related changes in methylation across all imprinted gene regions has not been investigated. 23890537 2013
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Moreover, qRT-PCR analysis demonstrated significant upregulation of expression of CDKN1A (p21) and inhibition of expression of IGF2, NR2F2 and PLAU (uPA) genes by an oral administration of PC in prostate cancer xenografts. 22293856 2012
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We previously reported that normoxic, serum-deprived prostate cancer (PCa) cells upregulate hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) protein, which promotes survival during serum deprivation via insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-2) upregulation. 19016246 2009
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Furthermore, inhibition of IGF-2 activity resulted in a significant decline in PCa cell survival. 18563715 2008
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Moreover, Igf2 LOI may serve as a marker for the presence of prostate cancer. 18701505 2008
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thus, the concurrent local loss of beta1C integrin, of its ligand Laminin-1, and of IGF-II in the tumor microenvironment may promote prostate cancer cell invasion and metastasis by reducing cancer cell adhesive properties. 16397247 2006
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This study suggests that the GST M1 gene, but not the IGF-2 or the EGFR genes, may be a risk factor of developing prostate cancer in Taiwan. 16018936 2005
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our findings suggest that both IGF-I and IGF-II are associated with an increased risk of screen-detected prostate cancer. 14712493 2004
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Non neoplastic and neoplastic tissues examined contained detectable amounts of epithelial and stromal IGF-I, IGF-II and IGFR-I protein and mRNA; all levels increased significantly from normal tissue to PIN to Pca. 14666684 2004
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We examined the associations between prostate cancer with polymorphisms of the insulin gene (INS) and its neighbouring genes, tyrosine-hydroxylase and IGF-II (TH and IGF2). 12610512 2003
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE IGF-II mRNA levels progressively increase as prostate cancer cells become more tumorigenic and metastatic, suggesting that IGF-II contributes in part to prostate cancer progression. 12550081 2003
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results demonstrate that lower plasma levels of IGFBP-3 and IGF-2 are associated with race in a population of men at increased risk of developing prostate cancer. 11597555 2001
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE RR was more active than R. In human prostate cancer PC-3 cells, both R and RR similarly suppressed IGF-II messenger RNA (mRNA) levels (approximately 40%) compared with the level in parental or M-expressing PC-3 cells. 10218964 1999
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our work suggests that GH-RH antagonist MZ-5-156 may inhibit the growth of DU-145 human androgen-independent prostate cancers through a reduction in the production and mRNA expression of IGF-II by the tumor tissue. 9671770 1998