PLK1, polo like kinase 1, 5347

N. diseases: 253; N. variants: 2
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The Plk1 gene maps to position p12 on chromosome 16, a locus for which no associations with neoplastic malignancies are known. 7962193 1994
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE All cancer cell lines transfected with low doses of siRNAs targeted to PLK1 had greatly decreased levels of PLK1 mRNA and protein. siRNA4, which had the strongest inhibitory effect, reduced PLK1 mRNA in MCF-7 cells by 70% and PLK1 protein in MCF-7 cells by 95% 24 hours after transfection. 12488480 2002
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This study suggests that antisense inhibitors targeted against PLK1 at well tolerated doses may be considered as a cancer therapeutic agent. 12082631 2002
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Increased expression of the cell proliferation-associated polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) and apoptosis-associated BCL-2 genes has been observed in different human malignancies. 12527909 2003
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Moreover, several studies reported an overexpression of PLK1 in human malignancies compared to the corresponding tissue of origin. 15176053 2004
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Cancer inhibition in nude mice after systemic application of U6 promoter-driven short hairpin RNAs against PLK1. 15173270 2004
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE The expression of PLK1 mRNA is closely correlated with survival in patients with malignant tumors. 15621805 2005
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is required for multiple stages of mitosis and is up-regulated in many human malignancies. 15805268 2005
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Whilst many studies support an oncogenic role for Plk1 in neoplasia, there is little definitive evidence at present to support involvement of the other family members in human cancer. 16868416 2006
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE This analysis predicts that cancer cells manifesting a stem cell-like expression profile of a death-from-cancer signature would exhibit the following features: a concomitantly increased expression of certain members of inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family (Survivin and XIAP); activation of mitotic spindle check point proteins (BUB1, BUB3, KNTC2, Mad2, PLK1, PLK4, STK6/Aurora A); and elevated levels of certain cell cycle control/marker proteins (CCNB1, CCNB2, CCND1, CCNA2, CDC2, CDC25, Ki67, USP22). 16760651 2006
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Therefore, these data further support suggestions that Plk1 may be a feasible cancer therapy target. 16507989 2006
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE PLK1 is overexpressed in human tumours and has prognostic potential in cancer, indicating its involvement in carcinogenesis and its potential as a therapeutic target. 16557283 2006
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Although Plk1 expression had no specific correlation in male or female patients, among the differentiation types of cancer, its expression was generally increased in gastric cancers. 16865274 2006
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE In addition to its potential as a therapeutic agent for treating cancer, compound 1 is also a useful tool molecule for further investigation of the biological functions of PLK1 and PLK3. 17267659 2007
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Because PLK1 is up-regulated in many invasive carcinomas, we asked whether it may also play a role in acquisition of invasiveness, a crucial step in transition to malignancy. 18056432 2007
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE To our knowledge, this is the first report of a correlation between COX-2 and PLK-1 in a malignant tumor. 17265445 2007
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE These data further support the interpretation that cancer cell lines have a much greater requirement for Plk1 than normal nontransformed diploid cells. 18297112 2008
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is overexpressed in human tumors and has prognostic value in many cancers including esophageal cancer, indicating its potential as a therapeutic target. 18714168 2008
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Plk1 is a promising target for such an approach because it is overexpressed in all known cancer types and is a negative prognostic factor. 19591537 2009
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is overexpressed in tumor tissues and its expression level is tightly associated with the malignancy of tumors and prognosis of tumor patients. 19177004 2009
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Elevated Plk1 level has been associated with aggressiveness of several cancer types and with poor disease prognosis. 19554017 2009
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Based on the presence of the tumor-specific over-expression of Plk1 (polo-like kinases) in various malignancies, we examined Plk1 expression in nine cases of reactive follicular hyperplasia (RFH), 42 of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), 16 of follicular lymphoma (FL), and 10 of nasal NK/T lymphoma. 19452252 2009
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Sensitivity of cancer cells to Plk1 inhibitor GSK461364A is associated with loss of p53 function and chromosome instability. 20571075 2010
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Although either overexpression or down-regulation of PLK proteins occurs frequently in various cancer types, no comprehensive analysis on their function in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been performed to date. 20112253 2010
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Conclusively, plk1 gene silencing can enhance the sensitivity of A431 cells to low doses of CDDP by upregulating p73α expression and thus can be a revolutionary approach in cancer chemotherapy. 20655883 2010