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 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 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 Determination of uPA and PAI-1 concentrations in the breast cancer tissue extracts was performed using FEMTELLE® uPA/PAI-1 ELISA. 30646864 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Dual-targeting Wnt and uPA receptors using peptide conjugated ultra-small nanoparticle drug carriers inhibited cancer stem-cell phenotype in chemo-resistant breast cancer. 29107218 2018
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 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 Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) has been validated as a predictive or prognostic biomarker protein, and mesupron is considered the first-in-class anticancer agent to inhibit uPA activity in human breast cancer. 28560500 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Genetic deficiency of uPA leads to a significant reduction in metastases in the murine transgenic MMTV-PyMT breast cancer model, demonstrating a causal role for uPA in cancer dissemination. 26040548 2015
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Urokinase type plasminogen activator (uPA) is a serine protease that is involved in cancer progression, especially invasion and metastasis of breast cancer. 25377085 2014
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 Biomarker disease BEFREE This review focuses on uPA system, summarizes their biological effects, highlights the molecular mechanism and pathway, and discusses the role of uPA system in the prevention and treatment of human breast cancers. 23201006 2013
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 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thus, we characterized adipocytes from breast and omental tissues for PAI-1 and uPA, and the influence of adipocytes on breast cancer cell motility. 22445926 2012
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 Biomarker disease BEFREE Using an ARE-gene microarray, novel targets of TTP regulation were identified, namely, urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), uPA receptor and matrix metalloproteinase-1, all known to have prominent roles in breast cancer invasion and metastasis. 20498646 2010
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 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 When 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 the assessment of the patients' outcome. 19475533 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Downregulation of miR-193b contributes to enhance urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) expression and tumor progression and invasion in human breast cancer. 19701247 2009
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 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 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 In conclusion, HMW-uPA and ATF induce proliferation of breast cancer cells by binding to uPAR. 16685447 2006