Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE CLG4B, which encodes the 92-kDa form of type IV collagenase, is a candidate gene for AAA. 7762981 1995
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE There was a significant increase in the level of MMP-9 mRNA in AAA specimens (occlusive, 16.8 +/- 3, n = 3; donor, 5.7 +/- 1.2, n = 6; AAA, 56.7 +/- 11, n = 15, p = 0.0069). 9588507 1998
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Quantitative competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and gelatin zymography showed increased MMP-9 mRNA and protein in both AAA and AOD tissues compared with those in control tissue, but there was no significant difference between AAA and AOD. 9763536 1998
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE MMP3, MMP9, and PAI-1 are present at increased levels in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). 10558909 1999
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Preoperative treatment with doxycycline was associated with a 3-fold reduction in aortic wall expression of MMP-2 and a 4-fold reduction in MMP-9 (p < 0.05 compared to untreated AAA). 10415728 1999
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Densitometric analysis confirmed differences in expression for 20 of these gene products between AAAs and normal aorta, with the greatest increases seen for myeloid cell nuclear differentiation antigen (31-fold), cathepsin H (30-fold), platelet-derived growth factor-A (23-fold), apolipoprotein E (13-fold), gelatinase B/matrix metalloproteinase-9 (12-fold), and interleukin-8 (11-fold). 11436088 2001
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Of 16 MMPs evaluated, only MMP-9 was significantly (P <.005) upregulated in both AAA and AOD. 11854734 2002
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE These findings suggest that macrophage-derived MMP-9 and mesenchymal cell MMP-2 are both required and work in concert to produce AAA. 12208863 2002
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This study provides further evidence to support the role of MMP-9 in the pathogenesis of AAA, and indicates that the MMP9 C-1562T functional polymorphism may represent a genetic component contributing to susceptibility to this vascular disease. 14681642 2003
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our previous studies have demonstrated that macrophages are the major source of matrix metalloproteinase-9, which is required for aneurysmal degeneration in the murine AAA model. 14764734 2004
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Allografts in WT recipients developed intimal hyperplasia, whereas allografts in IFN-gamma receptor-deficient (GRKO) hosts developed severe AAA formation associated with markedly increased levels of MMP-9 and MMP-12. 15254597 2004
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE It is noteworthy that contrary to a previous study, we did not find an association between the MMP9 (nt-1562) polymorphism and AAA, suggesting genetic heterogeneity of the disease. 15944607 2005
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of functional polymorphisms in promoters of the MMP-2 (-1306 C > T), MMP-3 (-1171 5A > 6A), MMP-9 (-1562 C > T), MMP-12 (-82 A > G), TIMP-1 (-372 C > T), and PAI-1 (-675 4G > 5G and -847 A > G) genes on the growth rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. 17182940 2006
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease LHGDN In a comparison of ruptured AAA biopsies, MMP-8 and -9 levels were significantly elevated in the 12 rupture site biopsies compared with their 12 paired anterior wall biopsies, whereas other MMPs and TIMPs showed no difference (MMP-8, P<0.001; MMP-9, P=0.01). 16432074 2006
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE These studies have helped us identify genes that are essential to the development of AAAs (such as MMP9, IL6, and AT1R) and to reveal other genes that may be dispensable in aneurysm formation. 17182923 2006
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE In conclusion, NGAL in complex with activated MMP-9 is present in AAA wall and thrombus. 17721627 2007
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE We therefore found no evidence that MMP-9 is a marker of susceptibility for AAA. 17223007 2007
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease LHGDN Although recruitment closed early because of increasing statin use among eligible patients, with only 21 patients we demonstrated a 40% reduction in MMP-9 levels in the AAA wall in patients randomised to simvastatin. 17574455 2007
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease CTD_human Experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm formation is associated with early increases in MnSOD expression and an increase in MMP-9 activity. 17196988 2007
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease LHGDN Chymase activates promatrix metalloproteinase-9 in human abdominal aortic aneurysm. 17964292 2008
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease LHGDN Low molecular weight heparin treatment decreases MMP-9 plasma activity in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. 17964826 2008
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Taken together, these results indicated that nifedipine inhibits the progression of experimental AAA possibly through suppression of NF-kappaB and MMP-9 activity, leading to protective effects against AAA beyond those associated with blood pressure lowering. 18204791 2008
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Polymorphisms of the matrix metalloproteinase 9 gene and abdominal aortic aneurysm. 18763261 2008
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE As to mechanism, we found that RAGE was coexpressed in AAA macrophages with MMP-9, a promoter of matrix degradation, which is known to induce AAA. 19652591 2009
CUI: C0162871
Disease: Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In contrast to plasma MMP-9, soluble glycoprotein V (sGPV) and plasmin-antiplasmin complex levels, plasma TIMP-3 levels were not correlated to AAA size but interestingly correlated to sGPV, a platelet activation marker. 20513153 2010