Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Importantly, the efficacy of these agents in inhibiting a broad range of inflammatory responses suggests PPARgamma agonists may provide a novel therapeutic approach to AD. 10632585 2000
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our results suggest that PPARgamma-controlled mechanisms should be explored further as potential drug targets for Alzheimer's disease treatment. 15574741 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE PPARgamma polymorphism did not influence the risk of AD. 15666037 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent data indicate that PPARgamma (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma) could be involved in the modulation of the amyloid cascade causing Alzheimer's disease. 15946122 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human These findings demonstrate that PPARgamma agonists attenuate the effects of Abeta on LTP, and support the potential use of these agents to alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. 15993441 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human Our data strongly support a major role of PPARgamma in the modulation of amyloid-beta generation by inflammation and suggest that the protective mechanism of NSAIDs in AD involves activation of PPARgamma and decreased BACE1 gene transcription. 16407166 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our data strongly support a major role of PPARgamma in the modulation of amyloid-beta generation by inflammation and suggest that the protective mechanism of NSAIDs in AD involves activation of PPARgamma and decreased BACE1 gene transcription. 16407166 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 AlteredExpression disease LHGDN Our data strongly support a major role of PPARgamma in the modulation of amyloid-beta generation by inflammation and suggest that the protective mechanism of NSAIDs in AD involves activation of PPARgamma and decreased BACE1 gene transcription. 16407166 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE PPARgamma agonists have been shown to be efficacious in animal models of Alzheimer's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 16766086 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Moreover, recent evidence indicates that beneficial effects of non-steriodal anti-inflammatory drugs on the progression of AD are mediated--at least in part--by effects on the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma response element present in the BACE1 promoter. 16904810 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Based on these findings, the gene encoding PPARgamma can be viewed as an interesting candidate in AD. 16988505 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Though this difference was borderline significant after correction for multiple comparisons, our results suggest a possible involvement of the PPAR-gamma gene in susceptibility to late-onset AD in octogenarians. 17270153 2007
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Candidate gene association study of insulin signaling genes and Alzheimer's disease: evidence for SOS2, PCK1, and PPARgamma as susceptibility loci. 17440948 2007
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN In a replication study, we confirmed significant association of SNPs within three genes--PPARgamma, SOS2, and PCK1--with Alzheimer's disease. 17440948 2007
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Thus, PPARgamma may act to modulate multiple pathophysiological mechanisms that contribute to Alzheimer's disease, and represents an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of the disease. 18072811 2008
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We conclude that PPARG gene does not play a major role in the genetic predisposition to AD in the Finnish population. 18573313 2008
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Using aged ( approximately 16 months) amyloid precursor protein (APP) transgenic mice that exhibit increased production of the amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide and severe cerebrovascular and memory deficits, we examined the capacity of in vivo treatments with the antioxidants N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) and tempol, or the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist pioglitazone to rescue cerebrovascular function and selected markers of AD neuropathology. 18784309 2008
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Clinical trials with rosiglitazone, a potent agonist at peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) suggest an improvement of cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. 19109927 2009
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We utilised real time autoradiography and immunohistochemistry to investigate microglial activation and the potential anti-inflammatory effects of PPARgamma agonists in the Thy-1 APP695swe/Thy-1 PS-1.M146V (TASTPM) overexpressing transgenic mouse model of AD. 19320004 2009
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results suggest that PPARgamma transcriptionally induces IDE expression which provides a novel mechanism for the use of PPARgamma agonists in both DM2 and AD therapies. 19383491 2009
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These findings suggest that the functional PPAR-gamma Pro12Ala polymorphism may modify the age at onset of AD. 19631630 2009
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our data suggest that PPAR-γ genetic variants may modify the risk of AD in an APOE ε4 allele-dependent fashion. 19660836 2011
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Clinical studies suggest that agonists at peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) may exert beneficial effects in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the mechanism for the potential therapeutic interest of this class of drugs has not yet been elucidated. 20336061 2010
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE A phase II study of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist rosiglitazone extended release (RSG XR) in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD) detected a treatment benefit to cognition in apolipoprotein E(APOE)-ε4-negative subjects. 20733306 2010
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE As a transcription factor binding site of the BACE1 promoter, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) response element regulates the activity of the BACE1 promoter activity, indicating that PPARγ may become a potential target for Alzheimer's disease treatment. 22166376 2012