AURKA, aurora kinase A, 6790

N. diseases: 245; N. variants: 15
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Additionally, high expression of STK15 mRNA was detected in tumour cell lines without evidence of gene amplification. 9771714 1998
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The differential expression patterns of these alternatively spliced STK15 in breast cell lines and primary tumors therefore suggest that STK15 gene transcription may be differentially regulated or stabilized in these cells. 11190269 2000
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Tumour-amplified kinase BTAK was recently cloned from breast cancers and mapped on 20q13 as a target gene for this amplification in human breast cancers. 11259099 2001
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Tumors with low levels of STK15 amplification (3-4 copies) showed minimal deviation in their chromosome copy number and diploid or near-diploid total nuclear DNA content. 12208897 2002
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE This analysis revealed that genes in the 20q13 chromosomal region, CSE1L, ZNF217, MYBL2, and STK15, were significantly overexpressed in this tumor. 12460888 2002
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE STK15 protein expression was also examined in normal pancreatic tissues and tumors by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. 12631597 2003
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Identification of Stk6/STK15 as a candidate low-penetrance tumor-susceptibility gene in mouse and human. 12881723 2003
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE No association was found between STK15 staining and tumor size, lymph node status, or hormone receptor status. 14692019 2004
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE In comparison to clinically defined parameters such as gender, age, metastatic stage, extent of tumor resection, application of chemotherapy, and tumor grade, positive staining for STK15 was identified as an independent prognostic factor for OS (P = 0.026). 15126347 2004
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Gains of the STK15 gene seem to occur irrespectively of the histological grades of the tumours, so that STK15 probably is not a progression associated factor. 15547718 2004
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE The expression levels of Aurora-A mRNA were compared in 33 ESCC tissues with that in corresponding normal esophageal epithelium by semiquantitative reverse transcription-PCR, and the distribution patterns and expression levels of Aurora-A protein were immunohistochemically investigated in the ESCC tumors of 142 patients. 15756006 2005
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE RNA interference targeting aurora kinase a suppresses tumor growth and enhances the taxane chemosensitivity in human pancreatic cancer cells. 15805292 2005
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE When tested for tumorigenicity in nude mice, 9 of the 10 cell cultures that overexpressed STK15 mRNA formed tumors in nude mice, while only one of the five cell cultures with no overexpression did. 15839305 2005
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Furthermore, we analyzed the amplified region at 20q with the candidate tumour susceptibility gene STK15 in detail by fluorescence in situ hybridization, whole chromosome painting, immunohistochemistry, Western blot and expression analysis. 15944763 2005
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Aurora-A/STK15/BTAK, which encodes a centrosome-associated kinase, is amplified and overexpressed in multiple types of human tumors, including breast cancer. 16715125 2006
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Western blot and RT-PCR showed that the protein and mRNA expression of STK15 were correlated (P = 0.044) and significantly higher in tumors than in corresponding normal lung tissues (P < 0.05). 16792546 2006
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE AURKA mRNA up-regulation was significantly associated with tumor stage and the occurrence of regional lymph node, as well as distant metastasis (P<0.0001 for all). 16951231 2006
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Recently, homozygosity for T91A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the serine/threonine kinase (STK15) gene, which generates the substitution F31I has been proposed to increase the risk of a number of tumours including colorectal cancer (CRC). 17003782 2006
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Interestingly though, STK15 mRNA expression was increased in invasive and high-grade tumors (p-values of 0.009 and 0.0001, respectively). 17465238 2007
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Simultaneous Aurora-A/STK15 overexpression and centrosome amplification induce chromosomal instability in tumour cells with a MIN phenotype. 17999753 2007
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and immunohistochemical staining on tumor tissue microarrays (TMA) were used to study the expression of AURKA in upper gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas. 18311783 2008
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Thus, the HI enhancer/AFP promoter-mediated RNAi targeting STK15 may be a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor specificity and high efficacy. 18803637 2008
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE AURKA expression was higher in tumor than in adjacent normal in most (85%) of the samples analyzed. 19107951 2009
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Moreover, the mean levels of STK15 mRNA and protein expression showed statistical difference between tumor tissues, tumor adjacent tissues and normal liver tissues (P<0.01). 19232520 2009
CUI: C0027651
Disease: Neoplasms
Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE In multivariate analysis, AURKA was associated with cyclin D1 expression (P = .010) and inversely with PIK3CA mutation (P=.014), fatty acid synthase expression (P=.028), and family history of colorectal cancer (P = .050), but not with sex, age, body mass index, tumor location, stage, CIMP, MSI, KRAS, BRAF, BMI, LINE-1 hypomethylation, p53, p21, beta-catenin, or cyclooxygenase 2. 19412426 2009