POMC, proopiomelanocortin, 5443

N. diseases: 873; N. variants: 39
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We hypothesized that they may interfere with mineralocorticoid signaling and fludrocortisone therapy in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) without effective glucocorticoid replacement and ACTH suppression. 31821037 2020
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Adrenocorticotropic hormone level and serum cortisol were normal, which excluded initial impression of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. 30617386 2019
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of genetic disorders of adrenal steroidogenesis that impair cortisol synthesis, with compensatory increases in ACTH leading to hyperplastic adrenals. 29880708 2018
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Children whose clinical presentation suggests nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia should undergo diagnostic adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation testing. 27743484 2017
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 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
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone BMD = bone mineral density CAH = congenital adrenal hyperplasia CT = computed tomography DEXA = dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry DEX = dexamethasone 17OHD = 17α-hydroxylase/17, 20-lyase deficiency. 28225307 2017
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Carriers of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) demonstrate increased secretion of cortisol precursors following ACTH stimulation, suggestive of impaired cortisol production and compensatory increases in hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) secretion. 28500827 2017
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These data indicate that corticosterone may be a metabolically favorable alternative to cortisol for glucocorticoid replacement therapy when ACTH suppression is desirable, as in congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and justify development of a pharmaceutical preparation. 27535620 2016
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Increased expression of ACTH (MC2R) and androgen (AR) receptors in giant bilateral myelolipomas from patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. 24884994 2014
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE His basal 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) level was not high, and the poor response in 17-OHP on ACTH stimulation test excluded congenital adrenal hyperplasia. 25003377 2014
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE To clarify the role of ACTH and androgen in the pathogenesis of myelolipoma, we report a case of giant adrenal myelolipoma in a patient with poorly controlled congenital adrenal hyperplasia. 18618087 2008
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The aberrant expression of the gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) receptor in adrenal hyperplasia: does chronic adrenocorticotropin exposure stimulate up-regulation of GIP receptors in Cushing's disease? 15705925 2005
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Carriers of congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase (21-OH) deficiency demonstrate increased secretion of cortisol precursors after ACTH stimulation, suggestive of impaired cortisol production and compensatory increases in hypothalamic CRH secretion. 15126546 2004
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE ACTH stimulation test is widely used as a basic diagnostic method for non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD). 12605347 2003
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Extremely high levels of basal serum 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone as well as an exaggerated response of 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone to adrenocorticotropic hormone confirmed congenital adrenal hyperplasia at 7 years of age. 14714757 2003
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The value of low dose (1 microg) ACTH stimulation test in the investigation of non-classic adrenal hyperplasia due to 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency. 12518247 2002
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The median basal (i.e., Steroid(0)) or ACTH-stimulated (i. e., Steroid(60)) serum levels of PREG, 17-HPREG, DHA, P4, 17-HP, A4 and, most importantly, S were higher in NCAH patients than in controls. 10927053 2000
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Furthermore, in vivo Bcl-2 protein analysis showed its down-regulation in adrenal hyperplasia of Cushing's disease despite ACTH stimulation. 11196462 2000
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), decreased production of cortisol leads to increased secretion of ACTH from the pituitary, resulting in hyperplasia of the adrenals. 10435060 1999
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Molecular genotype analysis and ACTH stimulation tests were performed in healthy volunteers (n = 20) and relatives of patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (n = 31). 9545098 1998
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE After ACTH testing, 13 out of the 32 (41%) cases displayed higher 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) levels than normal but less than those found in patients affected by nonclassical adrenal hyperplasia (CAH); these levels were similar to those observed in obligate heterozygotes for CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD). 9666866 1998
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have determined the 21-hydroxylase genotype in 197 patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia owing to 21-hydroxylase deficiency and assessed phenotypic characteristics based on 1) genital status with respect to virilization in females, 2) ACTH stimulation tests to evaluate the secretion of androgens and 17-hydroxyprogesterone, and 3) salt deprivation tests to precisely describe the phenotype with respect to aldosterone deficiency and salt wasting. 7629224 1995
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Another factor stimulating adrenocortical cell growth and potentially associated with formation of adrenal adenomas and, less frequently, carcinomas is the chronic elevation of proopiomelanocortin-derived peptides in diseases like ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome and congenital adrenal hyperplasia. 7915195 1994
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In a population and family study we have examined the relationship between HLA types, classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), and variants of 21 hydroxylase (21 OH) deficiency detected by increased blood levels of 17 hydroxyprogesterone (17 PO) in response to ACTH after overnight suppression with dexamethasone ('short Synacthen test'). 3001309 1985
CUI: C0001627
Disease: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and plasma 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels after ACTH stimulation were studied in 134 German families of patients with the salt-wasting (SW), simple virilizing (SV), or nonclassical (NC) late-onset form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). 2982907 1985