LTC4S, leukotriene C4 synthase, 4056

N. diseases: 50; N. variants: 3
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C1319853
Disease: Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
0.340 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The over-expression of the LTC(4) synthase in a mouse asthma model also replicates the key features of AIA. 21429049 2011
CUI: C1319853
Disease: Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
0.340 Biomarker disease CTD_human Genetic and ethnic risk factors associated with drug hypersensitivity. 20485159 2010
CUI: C1319853
Disease: Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
0.340 Biomarker disease BEFREE Leukotriene C4 synthase has been established as a key genetic determinant of aspirin-induced asthma, but recent studies have demonstrated that several single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoters of prostaglandin E2 receptor subtype 2, CYSLTR1 and CYSLTR2 and T-box expressed in T cells (TBX21) could increase risk for the condition. 16505607 2006
CUI: C1319853
Disease: Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
0.340 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE There was no relationship between the polymorphism and the LTC4S activity in eosinophils, although LTC4S activities were significantly higher in patients with AIA than in patients with ATA. 12063521 2002
CUI: C1319853
Disease: Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
0.340 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The gene coding for LTC4 synthase exists in two common alleles, one of which appears to be associated with a severe, steroid-dependent type of aspirin-induced asthma. 11964666 2001
CUI: C1319853
Disease: Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
0.340 Biomarker disease CTD_human Enhanced expression of the leukotriene C(4) synthase due to overactive transcription of an allelic variant associated with aspirin-intolerant asthma. 10970818 2000
CUI: C1319853
Disease: Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
0.340 Biomarker disease CTD_human Overexpression of leukotriene C4 synthase in bronchial biopsies from patients with aspirin-intolerant asthma. 9466979 1998
CUI: C1319853
Disease: Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
Asthma, Aspirin-Induced
0.340 Biomarker disease CTD_human Leukotriene C4 synthase promoter polymorphism and risk of aspirin-induced asthma. 9393345 1997
CUI: C0013182
Disease: Drug Allergy
Drug Allergy
0.300 Biomarker group CTD_human Familial aggregation of aspirin-induced urticaria and leukotriene C synthase allelic variant. 16433794 2006
CUI: C3279662
Disease: Leukotriene C4 Synthase Deficiency
Leukotriene C4 Synthase Deficiency
0.300 Biomarker disease CTD_human
CUI: C0031117
Disease: Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Neuropathy
0.200 Biomarker group RGD Leukotriene synthases and the receptors induced by peripheral nerve injury in the spinal cord contribute to the generation of neuropathic pain. 19908283 2010
Non-Neoplastic Peripheral Nervous System Disorder
0.200 Biomarker disease RGD Leukotriene synthases and the receptors induced by peripheral nerve injury in the spinal cord contribute to the generation of neuropathic pain. 19908283 2010
CUI: C0162557
Disease: Liver Failure, Acute
Liver Failure, Acute
0.200 Biomarker disease RGD Enhanced expressions and activations of leukotriene C4 synthesis enzymes in D-galactosamine/lipopolysaccharide-induced rat fulminant hepatic failure model. 18461660 2008
CUI: C0017658
Disease: Glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis
0.200 Biomarker disease RGD Renal leukotriene C4 synthase: characterization, partial purification and alterations in experimental glomerulonephritis. 7827126 1995
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Discovery of the Oral Leukotriene C4 Synthase Inhibitor (1<i>S</i>,2<i>S</i>)-2-({5-[(5-Chloro-2,4-difluorophenyl)(2-fluoro-2-methylpropyl)amino]-3-methoxypyrazin-2-yl}carbonyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic Acid (AZD9898) as a New Treatment for Asthma. 31415176 2019
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of the -1072G/A polymorphism in the LTC4S gene with asthma in an Indian population. 22722751 2012
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This meta-analysis suggested that the -444A/C polymorphism in the LTC4S gene would be a risk factor for asthma in Caucasians and aspirin-tolerant populations. 22884858 2012
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Role of expression of prostaglandin synthases 1 and 2 and leukotriene C4 synthase in aspirin-intolerant asthma: a theoretical study. 21331560 2011
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The effects of the PTGDR and LTC4S polymorphisms on the enhancement of eosinophil counts were additive in the Korean children with asthma. 21307858 2011
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The over-expression of the LTC(4) synthase in a mouse asthma model also replicates the key features of AIA. 21429049 2011
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Analysis of 927T > C CYSLTR1 and -444A > C LTC4S polymorphisms in children with asthma. 19080797 2009
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We genotyped 26 SNPs that had previously been interrogated for association with montelukast response in five candidate genes (ABCC1, ALOX5, CYSLTR1, LTA4H, LTC4S) in a population of 577 asthmatics who participated in a clinical trial comparing intermittent and continuous-release zileuton to placebo. 19214143 2009
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We analyzed the effects of LTC4S -444 A/C, ALOX5 -176/-147, and ALOX5AP -169/-146 on asthma susceptibility by means of a case-control study with 193 ethnically matched, unrelated individuals. 20128419 2009
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Those specific variants include 2 variants in the 5-lipoxygenase gene (ALOX5) that are both associated with response to 5-lipoxygenase inhibition and to leukotriene receptor antagonists, variants in genes encoding the 2 established cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonists (CYSLTR1 and CYSLTR2) that are both associated with asthma susceptibility in at least 2 independent populations, and a leukotriene C(4) synthase promoter polymorphism (LTC4s) that has been associated with asthma affection status and asthma-exacerbated respiratory disease. 19665766 2009
CUI: C0004096
Disease: Asthma
Asthma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE As previous studies have shown that cysteinyl leukotrienes are important mediators in exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), and leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs) such as montelukast have been shown to improve post-exercise bronchoconstrictor responses, we herein investigated whether clinical responsiveness to montelukast was associated with polymorphisms in the genes encoding leukotriene C4 synthase (LTC4S) and cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 1 (CysLTR1) and/or clinical parameters in Korean asthmatic children with EIB. 17883728 2007