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: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE In this meta-analysis, we summarized the association of the II/I polymorphism in leptin gene and Gln223Arg polymorphism in LEPR gene with hypertension and circulating leptin. 25475696 2015
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Our results showing that higher blood pressure levels were found with the most prevalent -2548G>A genotype, whereas patients with the AA genotype seemed to be protected from hypertension, indicate that the -2548G>A polymorphism of LEP appears to be an important mediator of obesity hypertension. 19229195 2009
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The leptin gene polymorphism was associated with hypertension independent of obesity. 12050272 2002
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Our results suggest that the Gln223Arg polymorphism of the leptin receptor is significantly associated with plasma leptin levels and left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension. 24485307 2013
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group LHGDN [Leptin, leptin gene, leptin gene receptor polymorphisms and pregnancy]. 18050615 2007
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Specific mutations in the leptin and the melaninocortin receptor genes in animal models of obesity without hypertension, the actions of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone, and SNS activity in obesity-related hypertension may promote recognition of protective and promoting factors for hypertension in obesity. 26103132 2015
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE We found no association among hypertension, BMI, and leptin levels with beta3-adrenergic receptor genotypes. 14739355 2004
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Contrary to our expectations, even before leptin substitution, 1 patient with biallelic leptin receptor gene variants and 4 patients with leptin deficiency had been suffering from hypertension. 31357197 2019
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Our findings suggest that LEP gene variants could be related to depression and associated co-morbidities such as hypertension. 19382181 2009
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The study confirmed that shorter alleles of microsatellites in the 3' flanking region of leptin are significantly associated with hypertension, however, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. 22218754 2012
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The aim of the present study was to evaluate four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of APLNR genes (rs11544374 and rs948847), LEPR (rs1137101) and leptin (rs7799039) gene in patients with CAD and hypertension. 29883719 2018
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE To examine the association of a common -2548G/A (rs7799039) promoter variant of the human leptin gene (LEP) with obesity or body mass index (BMI) and its associated phenotypes such as blood pressure variability and the prevalence of hypertension in a sample of the Tunisian population. 18923972 2008
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Leptin in association with common variants of MC3R mediates hypertension. 24487982 2014
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Furthermore, the Gln223Arg polymorphism was significantly associated with plasma leptin levels (p<0.001), while no correlations between Lys109Arg SNP and hypertension were found. 22293279 2012
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Class I/I genotypes of leptin showed significantly high risk for developing hypertension irrespective of obesity. 24171506 2014
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Lack of association between the tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism in the 3'-flanking region of the leptin gene and hypertension in severely obese patients. 17114907 2006
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Genetic markers at the leptin (OB) locus are not significantly linked to hypertension in African Americans. 9622134 1998
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE Growing evidence suggests that concentration of the adipocytokines leptin and adiponectin may be affected by risk of hypertension during pregnancy. 16785148 2006
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 Biomarker group RGD The major finding from the present study was that the natural rise in plasma leptin with weight-gain is insufficient to counterbalance high blood pressure associated with obesity, additional increases of circulating leptin levels with adenoviral leptin gene therapy led to normalisation of blood pressure in high-fat diet-induced obese and hypertensive rats. 20059648 2010
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE Interaction between leptin and sympathetic nervous system in hypertension. 10981165 2000
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE To examine if leptin induces hypertension acting on the CB Trpm7. 31545149 2019
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 Biomarker group CTD_human ACE2 activation by xanthenone prevents leptin-induced increases in blood pressure and proteinuria during pregnancy in Sprague-Dawley rats. 25205467 2014
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE In this study, we identified the variables that predict BP response to CPAP.24-h ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), C-reactive protein (CRP), leptin, adiponectin and 24-h urinary catecholamine were measured before and after 6 months of CPAP in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients.Overall, 88 middle-aged, obese male patients with severe OSA (median apnoea-hypopnoea index 42 events·h<sup>-1</sup>) were included; 28.4% had hypertension. 28982776 2017
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 Biomarker group CTD_human Central Leptin and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (TNFα) in Diurnal Control of Blood Pressure and Hypertension. 27226618 2016
CUI: C0020538
Disease: Hypertensive disease
Hypertensive disease
0.600 Biomarker group BEFREE The clinical potential of this pathway remains under investigation; however, existing data indicate that a sex discrepancy exists in mechanisms of leptin-mediated hypertension between males and females and that leptin-stimulated aldosterone plays a significant role in females. 30678859 2019