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 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 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 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 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 Biomarker disease BEFREE Therefore, a better knowledge of the molecular mechanisms that mediate leptin action may be helpful to understand the underlying processes which link obesity to breast cancer in post-menopausal women, as well as the possible role of leptin in the response to immunotherapy in obese patients. 31380268 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our results revealed a significantly higher leptin level in BC patients than in healthy controls, but no association between leptin <i>G-2548A</i> polymorphism and BC susceptibility was found. 30899280 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results suggest that leptin contributes to breast cancer progression through the transcriptional upregulation of leptin via the MAPK pathway.[BMB Reports 2019; 52(6): 385-390]. 30293548 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Hormonal Therapy Resistance and Breast Cancer: Involvement of Adipocytes and Leptin. 31756890 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE It was determined that leptin increases the proliferation of the three breast cancer cell lines and tamoxifen is able to exert an antiproliferative effect on them, however, it was identified that the ability of tamoxifen to decrease the proliferation of cancer cells is diminished in the presence of leptin, in addition to changes in the modulation of the expression of its receptor. 31844100 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Obesity, Leptin and Breast Cancer: Epidemiological Evidence and Proposed Mechanisms. 30634494 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Furthermore, the increased levels of leptin, resistin, and decreased adiponectin secretion are directly associated with breast cancer development. 29433827 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE However, the mechanism of regulation of leptin expression in breast cancer cells is unclear. 30417207 2019
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 A subgroup analysis of BMI identified an association between breast cancer and serum leptin levels in patients who are overweight and obese (overweight: SMD = 0.35, 95% CI = 0.13-0.57, I = 88.1%; obesity: SMD = 1.38, 95% CI = 0.64-2.12, I = 89.6%). 29979411 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Mechanistically, adipocyte-derived interleukin-6 (IL-6) and leptin may facilitate PLOD2 upregulation in breast cancer cells and promote breast cancer metastasis in tail vein metastasis assays. 30563531 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The polymorphisms of leptin (LEP) and leptin receptor (LEPR) may be associated with breast cancer by regulator of adipose tissue mass and tumor cell growth. 29336592 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In this review, we focus on recent advances that establish: (1) leptin as a risk factor for the development of breast cancer, and (2) leptin as an inducer of EMT, an event that promotes tumor progression. 30404206 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cancer and comorbidity: The role of leptin in breast cancer and associated pathologies. 30397604 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Breast cancer survivors showed significant improvements in metabolic risk biomarkers and insulin resistance indicators along with a non-significant leptin decrease and a significant adiponectin decrease. 29869823 2018
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 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 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