Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The predominant cause is adrenal adenoma (sometimes without decreased ACTH), rather than Cushing's disease. 29523633 2018
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In the CD group only, lumbar BMD and serum adrenocorticotropic hormone had a significant positive correlation. 28851260 2018
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cushing's disease (CD) is a rare disabling condition caused by Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting adenomas of the pituitary. 28850717 2018
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Coexisting pituicytoma and adrenocorticotropic hormone adenoma were identified in one patient with a diagnosis of Cushing disease. 29749277 2018
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; BRG1 = Brahma-related gene 1; CABLES1 = CDK5 and ABL1 enzyme substrate 1; CD = Cushing disease; CNC = Carney complex; DICER1 = cytoplasmic endoribonuclease III; EGFR = epidermal growth factor receptor; GR = glucocorticoid receptor; IL = interleukin; MEN = multiple endocrine neoplasia; miRNA = microRNA; POMC = proopiomelanocortin; SSTR = somatostatin receptor; USP8 = ubiquitin-specific protease 8. 30084690 2018
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thirteen consecutive patients were diagnosed with Cushing's disease using uncorrected ACTH ratios. 28626863 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cushing's disease (CD) is the result of excess secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by a benign monoclonal pituitary adenoma. 27104844 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE NEPVs for cortisol and ACTH predicted nonremission after TSS for CD. 28323961 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cushing disease (CD) results from excessive exposure to glucocorticoids caused by an adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting pituitary tumor. 28614003 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Cushing's disease (CD) is caused by a corticotroph adenoma of the pituitary gland that secretes excess adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) causing increased morbidity and mortality. 27894193 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Hormonal tests confirmed adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing disease. 27901643 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The primary cause of Cushing's disease is adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-producing pituitary adenomas. 28919782 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone; BIPSS = bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling; CBG = corticosteroid-binding globulin; CD = Cushing disease; CRH = corticotropin-releasing hormone; CS = Cushing syndrome; Dex = dexamethasone; DST = dexamethasone suppression test; EAS = ectopic ACTH syndrome; FDA = U.S. Food & Drug Administration; HDDST = high-dose DST; IPS/P = inferior petrosal sinus to peripheral; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; NET = neuroendocrine tumor; PET = positron emission tomography; UFC = urinary free cortisol. 28614036 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The study included adult patients admitted for evaluation of suspected CS (n=85), that were divided into 3 groups: CD (n=22), ACTH-independent CS from an adrenal tumor/hyperplasia (adrenal CS, n=21), and a control group consisting of subjects with negative screening for CS (rule-out CS, n=42). 28226363 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Higher ACTH levels before treatment predicted a recurrence of CD. 28029519 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism caused by a pituitary adenoma [Cushing's disease (CD)] is the most common cause of endogenous Cushing's syndrome. 28382019 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Exaggerated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol responses to ghrelin in Cushing's disease (CD) have previously been reported, similarly to responses to corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). 26836811 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The primary treatment of Cushing disease (hypercortisolism due to ACTH-producing adenomas, which is the cause in approximately 65% of the cases of hypercortisolism) is adenoma resection and medical therapies including ketoconazole, mifepristone, and pasireotide. 28170483 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here, we describe the first case of a patient with CNC and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing disease due to a pituitary corticotroph adenoma. 28522647 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Gene expression analysis of a transsphenoidal surgery sample of the pituitary gland revealed that ACTH-related genes, such as POMC, Tpit, and NeuroD1 mRNA, had higher expression in the tumor tissue than the nonfunctional adenoma but lower expression compared to an adenoma of typical Cushing's disease. 28865461 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Cushing disease (CD) due to adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting pituitary tumors can be a management challenge. 28938462 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Elevated levels of ACTH play a critical role in disease progression in several indications, including congenital adrenal hyperplasia and Cushing disease. 27906551 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In a patient with full-blown features of Cushing's syndrome with equivocal ACTH levels, and a pituitary microadenoma on contrast-enhanced MRI sella, can falsely lead to a diagnosis of Cushing's disease. 28356253 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE ACTH = adrenocorticotrophic hormone; BA = bilateral adrenalectomy; CBG = cabergoline; CD = Cushing disease; CV = coefficient of variation; DXM = dexamethasone; IQR = interquartile range; RT = radiation therapy; SRS = stereotactic radiosurgery; TSS = transsphenoidal surgery; UFC = urinary free cortisol; ULN = upper limit of normal. 28332874 2017
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Complete surgical resection of an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenoma is the gold standard of treatment of Cushing disease. 28003168 2017