Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Severe types of HH are caused by either bi-allelic mutations of HFE2 that encodes hemojuvelin (type 2A) or HAMP that encodes hepcidin (type 2B). 29134618 2018
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HH) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder caused by mutations in at least five different genes (HFE, HJV, TFR2, SLC40A1, HAMP) involved in the production or activity of the liver hormone hepcidin, a key regulator of systemic iron homeostasis. 28335084 2017
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE HJV and HAMP HH are phenotypically and clinically very similar and have the most severe presentation, with cardiomyopathy and hypogonadism being particularly prevalent findings. 29743178 2018
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Disturbances in the regulation of hepcidin contribute to the pathogenesis of many iron disorders: hepcidin deficiency causes iron overload in hereditary hemochromatosis and nontransfused β-thalassemia, whereas overproduction of hepcidin is associated with iron-restricted anemias seen in patients with chronic kidney disease, chronic inflammatory diseases, some cancers, and inherited iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia. 28096133 2017
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In conclusion, Kupffer cells are required for the activation of hepcidin synthesis during inflammation, and HH inflamed macrophages are capable of mounting a normal response, eventually leading to hepcidin stimulation. 15726660 2005
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE This study evaluated hepcidin secretion and iron burden after LT to elucidate HH pathophysiology. 23775519 2014
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Juvenile hemochromatosis is a rare but the most severe form of hereditary hemochromatosis which develops due to mutations in the HJV or HAMP genes. 28363629 2017
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genetic hemochromatosis is mainly related to the homozygous p.Cys282Tyr (C282Y) mutation in the HFE gene, which causes hepcidin deficiency. 30244162 2019
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human Disruption of hemochromatosis protein and transferrin receptor 2 causes iron-induced liver injury in mice. 22383097 2012
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The molecular basis of hepcidin-resistant hereditary hemochromatosis. 19383972 2009
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Defective hepcidin gene expression or function may underlie most forms of HH. 19034258 2008
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Hepcidin concentrations in urine negatively correlate with the severity of HH. 16627556 2006
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In conclusion, the presented data suggest a close relationship between the transferrin saturation and hepatic hepcidin expression in hereditary hemochromatosis. 12637325 2003
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In addition to HFE gene, mutations in the genes that encode hemojuvelin (HJV), hepcidin (HAMP), transferrin receptor 2 (TFR2) and ferroportin (SLC40A1) have been associated with regulation of iron homeostasis and development of HH. 22408404 2012
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In CHD patients, the A736V TMPRSS6 polymorphism influenced serum hepcidin levels in individuals positive for mutations in the HFE gene of hereditary hemochromatosis (p < 0.0001). 23433094 2013
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE A study of genes that may modulate the expression of hereditary hemochromatosis: transferrin receptor-1, ferroportin, ceruloplasmin, ferritin light and heavy chains, iron regulatory proteins (IRP)-1 and -2, and hepcidin. 11783942 2003
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Dysregulation of hepcidin production contributes to the pathogenesis of many iron disorders: hepcidin deficiency causes iron overload in hereditary hemochromatosis and non-transfused β-thalassemia, whereas overproduction of hepcidin is associated with iron-restricted anemias seen in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases and inherited iron-refractory iron-deficiency anemia. 30798807 2019
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Hepcidin deficiency is the cause of iron overload in most forms of hereditary hemochromatosis. 17488680 2007
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Notably, adenine-rich diet significantly ameliorated iron overload accompanied by the enhanced hepcidin expression in both high iron-fed mice and in Hfe<sup>-/-</sup> mice, a murine model of hereditary hemochromatosis. 29600572 2018
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE However, whether HFE-HH and HJV-HH share a common pathway via hepcidin regulation is currently unclear. 25608116 2015
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Iron-loading disorders, such as hereditary hemochromatosis, are associated with inappropriately low expression of the iron regulatory hormone, hepcidin. 29799786 2018
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The p.736V variant determining higher hepcidin release was under-represented in the patients (p=0.0023), independently of the presence of the C282Y(+/+) genotype, and the p.736V/V genotype protected from HH independently of age and sex (OR of HH for p.736A/A: 2.57, 1.3-4.1 and for p.736A/V: 1.84, 1.1-3.2). 22885719 2012
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Hepcidin, the central regulator of iron homeostasis, is deficient in HH, leading to unchecked iron absorption and subsequent iron overload. 20658468 2010
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In HFE-related hereditary hemochromatosis an inappropriately low hepatic expression of the iron-regulatory peptide hepcidin (encoded by HAMP) has been suggested to cause iron overload. 16103673 2005
CUI: C0392514
Disease: Hereditary hemochromatosis
Hereditary hemochromatosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Inappropriately low hepcidin is important to the pathophysiology of hereditary hemochromatosis. 15599216 2005