LEP, leptin, 3952

N. diseases: 931; N. variants: 15
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE When subgroup analyses were restricted to ethnicity and menstrual status, higher serum leptin concentration was also detected in patients with BC. 30702563 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The Effect of the Leptin and Leptin Receptor Expression on the Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer. 31015393 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Adiponectin +276G/T and leptin -2548G/A showed a significant increased risk for breast cancer even after adjusting for confounding variables like present age, age at menarche, age at first child birth and age at menopause. 31538300 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We synthesized a small peptide based on the wild-type sequence of leptin binding site I (LDFI) and evaluated its efficacy in antagonizing leptin actions in breast cancer using in vitro and in vivo experimental models. 25721149 2015
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The aim of our present study was to investigate the effect of leptin on EMT of breast cancer cells and the underlying mechanism. 26121010 2015
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Leptin induces upregulation of sphingosine kinase 1 in oestrogen receptor-negative breast cancer via Src family kinase-mediated, janus kinase 2-independent pathway. 25482303 2014
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leptin and leptin receptor have been implicated in processes leading to breast cancer initiation and progression. 21698367 2012
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Effects of estrogen on leptin gene promoter activation in MCF-7 breast cancer and JEG-3 choriocarcinoma cells: selective regulation via estrogen receptors alpha and beta. 11369444 2001
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Common genetic variation in adiponectin, leptin, and leptin receptor and association with breast cancer subtypes. 21516303 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Interestingly, leptin increased mammosphere formation in metastatic breast cancers and expression of OBR as well as HSP90, a target of leptin signaling, were directly correlated with mammosphere formation in metastatic samples (r = 0.68/p = 0.05; r = 0.71/p = 0.036, respectively). 26556856 2016
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Higher levels of VEGF, tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα) and interleukin (IL)-6, but not leptin, were observed in plasma samples of the breast cancer group compared to the control group (n=20 in each group). 28714000 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Taken together, these findings suggest that the leptin system might play an important role in breast cancer pathogenesis and progression, and that it might represent a novel target for therapeutic intervention in breast cancer. 18821585 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cytoplasmic immunohistochemical staining of leptin was recognized in 376 (83.7%) and 25 (92.6%) of BC and control cases respectively. 29121911 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In this study, we utilized the breast cancer cell lines MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 to determine the effect of leptin on FAK and Src kinases activation, cell migration, metalloprotease secretion, and invasion. 31671408 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Common genetic variations in the leptin (LEP), leptin receptor (LEPR), and paraoxonase 1 (PON1) genes have been considered to be implicated in the development of breast cancer.However, the results were inconsistent. 21887553 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Among women age <51 years, high leptin levels were significantly associated with decreased breast cancer risk (OR = 0.49, 95% CI: 0.24, 0.82). 31292496 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE This study aimed to test the effects of EE on breast cancer onset and progression while considering the effect of leptin by utilizing the transgenic MMTV-PyMT model as well as several models of varied leptin signaling. 30856610 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Reports on the association of leptin gene (LEP) and leptin receptor gene (LEPR) polymorphisms with breast cancer are also inconsistent. 28190851 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Expression of leptin and ObR in breast cancer tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). 18945363 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Serum level of leptin was significantly higher in patients with breast cancer than in normal controls. 30116331 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Leptin upregulates tissue factor expression in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. 21840575 2012
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Many epidemiological studies have found that leptin correlates to body fat extent and breast cancer. 22983835 2012
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Indeed, pathological remodelling of white adipose tissue and increased levels of fat-specific cytokines (mainly leptin), as a consequence of the obesity condition, have been associated with several hallmarks of breast cancer, such as sustained proliferative signaling, cellular energetics, inflammation, angiogenesis, activating invasion and metastasis. 31491560 2020
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In a prospective nested case-control study within the EPIC-Varese cohort, we used conditional logistic regression to estimate rate ratios (RRs) for BC, with 95% confidence intervals (CI), in relation to plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6, leptin, and adiponectin, controlling for BC risk factors. 28983080 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The protein expression of leptin and ObR(b) in 114 breast cancer samples was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, quantified by Immunoreactivity Score (IRS) and correlated to survival and other clinicopathological features. 23199901 2013