BDNF, brain derived neurotrophic factor, 627

N. diseases: 992; N. variants: 56
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE These results suggest the possibility that decreased expression of BDNF may contribute to the progression of cell death in AD. 1742020 1991
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE The expression of catalytic trkB gene, encoding for the high affinity brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin-4/5 (NT-4/5) receptor, was studied post mortem in the striatum and the nucleus basalis of Meynert of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and control subjects, using in situ hybridization coupled with choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry. 9121684 1997
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We quantitated mRNA levels of neurotrophins (NGF, BDNF, NT-3, NT-4/5) and their receptors (trkA, trkB, trkC, p75) in AD postmortem parietal cortex (n = 16) and cerebellum (n = 11). 9507943 1998
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We demonstrate a 3.4-fold decrease in brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA levels in the parietal cortex of patients with Alzheimer's disease compared to controls (p<0.004). 10762711 2000
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Since activated microglia and astrocytes play a role in the process of neuronal degeneration in AD, the cytokine/growth factor-regulated expression of beta-catenin in human neural cell lines, including NTera2 teratocarcinoma-derived differentiated neurons (NTera2-N), IMR-32 neuroblastoma, SKN-SH neuroblastoma and U-373MG astrocytoma, was studied quantitatively following exposure to epidermal growth factor (EGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, interferon (IFN)-gamma, transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, dibutyryl cyclic adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) (dbcAMP) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). 10935448 2000
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Several lines of evidence have suggested altered functions of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD). 11244490 2001
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Thus, reduced BDNF mRNA and protein levels in Alzheimer's disease suggests that BDNF administration may be an effective therapeutic strategy for this disorder. 12456067 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The results suggest that the BDNF C-270T polymorphism is a relevant risk factor for AD particularly in patients lacking the ApoE epsilon4 allele in this German sample. 12192623 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Using RT-PCR primers specific for each upstream exon, we observe a significant decrease in three human brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA transcripts in Alzheimer's disease samples compared with controls. 12358753 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We used single cell RNA amplification and custom array technology to examine the expression of functional classes of mRNAs found in anterior NB neurons from normal aged and AD subjects. mRNAs encoding neurotrophin receptors, synaptic proteins, protein phosphatases, and amyloid-related proteins were evaluated. 12462403 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Further studies with genetic variations in BDNF relating either to AD-associated depression or to the AD treatment response are suggested. 14730194 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN The current study does not demonstrate any significant difference in Val66Met BDNF genotype or allele frequencies between AD patients and controls. 15084795 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The additional findings of its influence on NNT1 and p48ZnF (new-neurotrophin-1, p48-zinc-finger-protein)-signaling and its down-regulation in the brain of AD subjects point to a possible pivotal role of p60TRP in the control of cellular aging and survival. 15034937 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our data confirm a specific effect caused by the presence and amount of ApoE epsilon4 allele, while they suggest that BDNF genetic variants are not a susceptibility factor to AD. 15337270 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Polymorphism at codon 66 of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene is not associated with sporadic Alzheimer's disease. 15084795 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The results suggest that the investigated BDNF polymorphisms are neither robust genetic risk factors nor determinants of BDNF protein levels in AD. 15899246 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Single locus and multi-loci haplotype association analyses of BDNF and TrkB gene SNPs did not reveal significant differences between unstratified AD and control groups. 15726264 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A significant low frequency of AD patients with the BDNF GG genotype in the AD APOEepsilon4 carriers compared with the frequency of the controls with the BDNF GG genotype in the control APOEepsilon4 carriers was also detected in the female individuals, suggesting that the BDNF GG genotype may reduce the effect of APOEepsilon4 on AD risk in females. 16054753 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our objective was to determine if there is an association between the BDNF gene and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in a US population. 15896483 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These findings suggest that BDNF gene polymorphisms play some role in the development of AD. 15375678 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients with sporadic Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple system atrophy. 15838855 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Nor did BDNF genotype appear to affect the APOE epsilon4 association with AD. 15635706 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, it seems that the BDNF gene does not contribute significantly to the risk of AD or PD in Finnish patients. 16565926 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Gene expression analysis in postmortem AD brain regions including the hippocampal formation and neocortex reveals selectively vulnerable cell types share putative pathogenetic alterations in common classes of transcripts, for example, markers of glutamatergic neurotransmission, synaptic-related markers, protein phosphatases and kinases, and neurotrophins/neurotrophin receptors. 16815214 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE No association was found between these three BDNF gene variants and AD, AFDs, PTSD, or schizophrenia. 16649215 2006