Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In people with NGT or prediabetes at baseline, the highest tertile of RBP4 was associated with a 5.48-fold and 2.43-fold higher risk of progression to type 2 diabetes, respectively. 31690939 2020
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE We aimed to explore the association of urinary equol, daidzein and genistein concentrations with T2D and examine the mediating roles of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4). 30953148 2020
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Picomolar detection of retinol binding protein 4 for early management of type II diabetes. 30641454 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Solute carrier family 2 member 4- (SLC2A4-) retinol binding protein-4- (RBP4-) phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1 (PCK1)/phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) is an adipocyte derived "signalling pathway" that may contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). 30805369 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Association of retinol binding protein-4, cystatin C, homocysteine and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus. 31572465 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE RBP4, retinol and the RBP4/retinol ratio were not different between T2DM and non-diabetic subjects (all <i>p</i> > 0.12), and were unrelated to body mass index. 31717719 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE <b>Context:</b> Retinol-binding protein 4 <b>(</b>RBP4) is associated with visceral fat and insulin resistance (IR) in obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but some of these data remain controversial. 31588816 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Multivariate Cox regression model analysis showed that serum RBP4 levels <31 μg/mL and RBP4 levels >55 μg/mL were associated with an increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes. 31186297 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE With adjustment for diabetes risk factors, compared to the lowest quartile, the odds ratio (OR) and confidence interval (CI) for risk of type 2 diabetes associated with the highest quartile of RBP4 levels were 1.23 (0.73-2.07; <i>P</i>-trend = 0.14) in all subjects, 0.63 (0.27-1.45; <i>P</i>-trend = 0.65) in men, and 2.29 (1.05-5.00; <i>P</i>-trend = 0.018) in women. 30651745 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE The objective of this study was to elucidate the relationship between RBP4, TTR, triglyceride (TG) and type 2 diabetes risk in rural Thailand. 29747616 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Among patients with T2DM, leptin and resistin levels were higher while RBP4 levels were lower in patients with overweight T2DM compared to those in patients with non-overweight T2DM (<i>P </i>< 0.0001, 0.019 and 0.05, respectively). 29785210 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Plasma RBP4 concentrations were tested in 287 patients with type 2 diabetes. 30135138 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Collectively, the integrated analysis of differential gene expression, data obtained herein and the examination of previously reported quantitative trait loci, and genome-wide association studies has suggested that pdk4, pkl, hsd11β1, msmo1, rbp4 and fads2 may serve as promising candidates for the modulation of type 2 diabetes. 30180967 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Although serum RBP4 showed excellent clinical accuracy, just like UAE, a combination of markers of tubular damage, inflammation, and traditional markers has the higher sensitivity and specificity than UAE alone for prediction renal impairment in patients with T2D. 29937906 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is an adipokine that drives the development of hyperinsulinemia and type II diabetes in obesity patients and animals. 29642915 2018
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) has been implicated as a driver of insulin resistance in rodents and humans, and it has become an attractive drug target in type II diabetes. 28733465 2017
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE RBP4 is produced mainly by hepatocytes.In type 2 diabetes and obesity, circulating RBP4 is increased and may act systemically to cause insulin resistance and glucose intolerance. 27797907 2017
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Sitagliptin was reported to alleviate symptoms of type 2 diabetes mellitus by reducing serum levels of retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP-4). 28213841 2017
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is implicated in obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus that are closely associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). 28931435 2017
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE Inhibition of the binding of retinol to its carrier, retinol binding protein 4, is a new strategy for treating type 2 diabetes; for this purpose, we have provided an aptamer-functionalized multishell calcium phosphate nanoparticle. 28279618 2017
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Recent data suggest that retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) gene variants could be associated with a risk of obesity and its co-morbidities, such as metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. 26611784 2016
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Association of RBP4 levels with increased arterial stiffness in adolescents with family history of type 2 diabetes. 26868132 2016
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Plasma levels of fatty acid-binding protein 4, retinol-binding protein 4, and HMW adiponectin were measured in 950 men with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. 27609367 2016
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Participants who developed T2DM had higher levels of serum RBP4 (21.3 [IQR: 17.7-24.9] µg/mL) compared with non-progressors (17.3 [IQR: 13.1-21.0] µg/mL; P = 0.001). 25810022 2015
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.300 Biomarker disease BEFREE The production of retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is higher in adipose tissue in type 2 diabetes. 23924720 2013