IL18, interleukin 18, 3606

N. diseases: 750; N. variants: 18
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE A significant and inverse correlation between GAS5 and IL-18 was found in RA patients but not in healthy controls. 31372853 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The secreted IL-18 was also elevated in HUVECs but not in RA FLS. 31119302 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE IL-18 levels for RA with ILD and RA without ILD were compared. 30269670 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Moreover, MA could effectively stimulate the innate immune cytokines (IL-1[Formula: see text], IL-1[Formula: see text], IL-6, IL-7, IL-18, TNF-[Formula: see text]) and adaptive immunity cytokines (IL-2, IL-12, IFN-[Formula: see text], IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, IL-17) as the main part of the immune response and repaired damage of RA. 30001644 2018
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE IL-18 plays an important role in host innate and adaptive immune defense but its aberrant activities are also associated with inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. 28352119 2017
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In summary, the current meta-analysis, which was based on the most current studies, showed that the -607A/C, -920C/T, and -105A/C polymorphisms in IL-18 were significantly associated with increased RA risk. 26909913 2016
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE IL-18BP is a natural antagonist of pro-inflammatory IL-18 cytokine linked to autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis. 27649785 2016
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our finds suggest a possible role for IL-18 polymorphism in the RA susceptibility in studied population. 26302971 2015
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE For example, IL-1β and IL-18 further perpetuate Th17 responses and endothelial cell damage, which potentiate a number of autoimmune diseases, including synovitis in RA, cardiovascular disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 26005048 2015
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Caspase-1 and interleukin-18 levels were significantly raised in patients with RA. 23687262 2014
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This meta-analysis indicates that IL-18 -607A/C polymorphism in promoter region may be associated with RA risk. 25192895 2014
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In the present review, we focus on IL-7, IL-18, IL-32 and IL-10 family of cytokines (IL-19, IL-20 and IL-22) as they are implicated in contributing to the pathogenesis of RA, which could be targeted and offer new therapeutic options for RA therapy. 24437572 2014
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE IL-18 -137G/C could increase the risk of RA and SLE. 23914907 2014
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE IL-18 is highly expressed in sera, synovial fluids and synovial tissues of patients with RA, and these IL-18 levels are correlated with RA disease activity, indicating an important role of IL-18 in the pathogenesis of RA. 23587914 2013
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This meta-analysis demonstrates that the IL-4 -590 T/C polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to RA in Europeans, but the IL-4R + 1902 G/A, IL-18 -607 C/A and -137 G/C polymorphisms are not associated with RA. 23883285 2013
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The aim of the present study was to elucidate whether IL-18 has any indirect effects on osteoclastogenesis by regulating the production of molecules from fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 22945280 2013
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of the polymorphisms of the IL-18 gene was found with neither RA nor risk factors for CVD, including cholesterol level and CRP (P > 0.05). 23856797 2013
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE For the relationship between IL-18 rs187238 polymorphism and RA or SLE, there was no significant association detected in all genetic models, even in Chinese population. 23153245 2012
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This study investigates the association between IL-18 promoter polymorphisms and RA susceptibility. 21225442 2011
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In contrast, allelic and genotypic frequencies of IL-18-607 did not show significant difference between RA patients and normal subjects (P>0.05) or between anti-CCP-positive and anti-CCP-negative RA patients (P>0.05). 20424918 2011
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Monocyte recruitment to rhuIL-18 was then tested in vivo by using an RA synovial tissue (ST) severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mouse chimera. 20565717 2010
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The aim of the present study was to examine the IL18 promoter polymorphism in patients with RA in association with disease susceptibility and activity. 19229765 2009
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Moreover, we also demonstrated that miR-346 indirectly regulated IL-18 release by indirectly inhibiting LPS-induced Bruton's tyrosine kinase expression in LPS-activated RA FLS. 19342689 2009
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Inhibitory effect of triptolide on interleukin-18 and its receptor in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts. 18516710 2008
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE An IL-18 genetic A/C polymorphism at coding position 105 (rs549908) has been linked with asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. 18250135 2008