Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE <b>Objectives:</b> The signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (<i>STAT4</i>) gene encodes an important transcription factor that transmits signals induced by several cytokines associated with autoimmune diseases and has been identified as a susceptibility gene for numerous autoimmune disorders. 30666271 2018
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE Signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) gene encode a transcriptional factor that transmits signals induced by several key cytokines which play important roles in the development of autoimmune diseases. 21683716 2011
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 AlteredExpression group BEFREE STAT4 is an important transcription factor that contributes to the incidence and severity of different autoimmune diseases and is implicated in the antiviral immune responses in mice. 22718836 2012
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE Signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) transmits signals induced by interleukin-12, interleukin-23 and interferon-γ, which are key cytokines and play important roles in the development of autoimmune diseases. 23727609 2013
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group BEFREE STAT4 and IL23R loci represent common susceptibility genetic factors in autoimmunity. 24312163 2013
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE STAT4 has been consistently associated with several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 27178308 2016
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE STAT4 plays a crucial role in the functioning of the innate and adaptive immune cells and has been identified as a susceptibility gene in numerous autoimmune disorders. 28852993 2017
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE A large genetic study in 2566 IIM patients revealed associations such as PTPN22, STAT4, UBE2L3 and BLK, which overlap with risk variants reported in other seropositive autoimmune diseases. 27466937 2016
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group BEFREE A redundant interaction between IRF5 and STAT4 polymorphisms was found in susceptibility to the type I interferon pathway-associated rheumatic autoimmune diseases, SLE and RA, calling for further studies on confirmation of these findings. 24014567 2013
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Among these autoimmunity risk genes are IFN regulatory factor 5 (IRF5), which is involved in TLR signaling, and the signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) that interacts with the type I IFN receptor. 22066971 2011
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group BEFREE As the TT genotype is associated with autoimmune diseases, our results seem at a paradox with current evidence hinting at a different role of STAT4 in normal circumstances versus immunocompromised patients. 27960128 2017
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group BEFREE But, no significant differences in allele and genotype frequencies of STAT4 rs7574865 polymorphism were detected according to the presence of another autoimmune disease, nodules and in HLA-DRB1*04 and HLA-DRB1*0404 positive subgroups. 21418779 2011
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE CD4+ memory T cells from multiple sclerosis patients had significantly higher levels of p-STAT3/p-STAT4, and p-STAT3/p-STAT4 heterodimers were observed upon IL-23 signaling, suggesting that p-STAT3/p-STAT4 induced by IL-23 signaling orchestrate the generation of pathogenic T cells in CNS autoimmunity, regardless of Th1 or Th17 phenotype. 28878115 2017
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Changes in the expression of signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) contribute to the development of a variety of autoimmune diseases including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). 22569826 2012
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Cutting edge: autoimmune disease risk variant of STAT4 confers increased sensitivity to IFN-alpha in lupus patients in vivo. 19109131 2009
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 PosttranslationalModification group BEFREE Different factors, such as genetic factors (CD25, STAT4), epigenetic factors (DNA methylation, histone modifications) and environmental factors (xenobiotics, drugs, hormones) trigger autoimmunity. 31059841 2019
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE Evidence for the role of STAT4 as a general autoimmunity locus in the Korean population. 22069275 2011
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Further work suggested that the BS associated variant of STAT4 is not related to the previously reported one associated with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. 24064024 2013
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE Genetic studies in the systemic sclerosis (SSc), an autoimmune disease that clinically manifests with dermal and internal organ fibrosis and small vessel vasculopathy, have identified multiple susceptibility genes including HLA-class II, PTPN22, IRF5, and STAT4 which have also been associated with other autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 19796918 2010
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 AlteredExpression group BEFREE However, in the DSS model, the STAT4 transcription in CECs, which are the target cells of activated T cells in the gut, was downregulated by baicalin, suggesting that baicalein and baicalin mediated similar STAT expression in different cell types in autoimmune diseases. 29845272 2018
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group BEFREE In concert with the identification of other disease-associated loci, elucidating how the variant form of STAT4 modulates immune function should lead to an improved understanding of the pathophysiology of autoimmunity. 18682104 2008
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 Biomarker group BEFREE Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) are shared susceptibility genes for various autoimmune diseases. 23985571 2013
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group GWASCAT Leveraging Polygenic Functional Enrichment to Improve GWAS Power. 30595370 2019
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group GWASCAT Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis identifies fourteen non-HLA shared loci. 21383967 2011
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.200 GeneticVariation group GWASDB Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis identifies fourteen non-HLA shared loci. 21383967 2011