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
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE For using uPA and PAI-1 levels as prognostic and predictive factors in breast cancer the quantity of tumor stroma in the tumor tissue specimen is not relevant for assessment patients outcome. 19082473 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE This study describes the synthesis and preliminary biologic evaluation of an (111)In-labeled peptide antagonist of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) as a potential probe for assessing metastatic potential of human breast cancer in vivo. 19354275 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Therefore, celecoxib therapy for uPA positive breast cancer should be explored. 16172791 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE By using microarray profiling of breast cancer cell lines that had undergone siRNA-mediated abrogation of Notch signaling we uncovered a link between activated Notch signaling and uPA expression. 21199807 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Quantitative real-time RT-PCR is a highly sensitive, reproducible, and fast method for measuring gene expression of PAI-1, uPA, and TIMP-1 in breast cancer. 12142386 2002
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE In breast cancer, the expression of high protein levels of the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) and urokinase-type plasminogen activator-1 (uPA) is strongly associated with breast cancer recurrence and decreased survival. 10642432 2000
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE In this study, uPAR PET imaging using a <sup>68</sup>Ga-labeled version of the uPAR-targeting peptide (AE105) was investigated in a group of patients with BC, PC, and UBC. 27609788 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In the current study we examined the role that the DNA methylation machinery might be playing in regulating differential uPA gene expression in breast cancer cell lines. uPA mRNA is expressed in the highly invasive, hormone-insensitive human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 but not in hormone-responsive cell line MCF-7. 12198113 2002
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Although uPA can be transiently upregulated by diverse extracellular stimuli, sustained, but not transiently upregulated uPA expression contributes to breast cancer invasion/metastasis. 22986534 2013
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Increased expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator mRNA determines adverse prognosis in ErbB2-positive primary breast cancer. 16963728 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Therapeutic disease RGD Antineoplastic effect of iodine in mammary cancer: participation of 6-iodolactone (6-IL) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR). 19500378 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE As Ets2 binding sites are present on the uPA promoter, Ets2 may be one of the transcription factors regulating uPA expression in human breast cancer. 16380248 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE The transition in uPAR signaling from uPA-dependent and transient to autonomous and sustained is reminiscent of the transformation in ErbB2/HER2 signaling observed when this gene is amplified in breast cancer. uPAR over-expression may provide a pathway for escape of breast cancer cells from ERα-targeting therapeutics. 22617030 2012
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Real-time quantitative PCR determination of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) expression of isolated micrometastatic cells from bone marrow of breast cancer patients. 15543615 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We examined mRNA expressions of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA), its specific receptor (u-PR), and plasminogen activator inhibitors (PAI-1 and PAI-2) in 50 human breast cancers by the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction method. 8641985 1996
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In breast cancer (BC), elevated levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) in tumor tissue have been confirmed as a strong prognostic factor in level-of-evidence-1 studies. 30783124 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) is a diagnostic marker for breast and prostate cancers recommended by American Society for Clinical Oncology and German Breast Cancer Society. 30707839 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE A retrospective study of surgically resected breast cancers from 73 patients revealed significant clinical differences associated with u-PA and PAI-2 expression in cancer cells, associated with a poor and a good prognosis, respectively. 9496254 1997
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE In conclusion, HMW-uPA and ATF induce proliferation of breast cancer cells by binding to uPAR. 16685447 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Prognostic significance of the combined expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9, urokinase type plasminogen activator and its receptor in breast cancer as measured by Northern blot analysis. 11288958 2001
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Highly sensitive quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) assays, based on the LightCycler technology, were established to quantify uPA and PAI-1 mRNA expression in breast cancer cell lines as well as in tumor tissue of breast cancer patients. mRNA concentrations were normalized to the expression level of the housekeeping gene h-G6PDH. 18204793 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE These results suggest that at least one of the underlying mechanisms of BRMS1-dependent suppression of tumor metastasis includes inhibition of NF-kappaB activity and subsequent suppression of uPA expression in breast cancer and melanoma cells. 15867352 2005
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Additionally, SDC1 is positively associated with PLAU and might act as a potential prognostic indicator for breast cancer. 29340066 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Fluid shear stress stimulates breast cancer cells to display invasive and chemoresistant phenotypes while upregulating PLAU in a 3D bioreactor. 31317530 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Calcitonin inhibits invasion of breast cancer cells: involvement of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and uPA receptor. 16525628 2006