Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Name of the disease (synonyms) CUGC for posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD).OMIM# of the disease 122000; 609141; 618031.Name of the analysed genes or DNA/chromosome segments OVOL2 (PPCD1); ZEB1 (PPCD3); GRHL2 (PPCD4).OMIM# of the gene(s) 616441; 189909; 608576. Review of the analytical and clinical validity as well as of the clinical utility of DNA-based testing for variants in theOVOL2, ZEB1andGRHL2gene(s) in a diagnostic setting, predictive and parental settings and for risk assesment in relatives. 31201376 2020
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The aim of this study was to identify the molecular genetic cause of disease in posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) probands of diverse origin and to assess the utility of massively parallel sequencing in the detection of ZEB1 mutations. 30851240 2019
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE As ZEB1 can act as an activator or repressor of downstream target gene expression depending on Wnt signaling pathway activation or deactivation, we also sought to determine whether or not Wnt signaling is active in PPCD by performing immunohistochemistry in corneal tissue sections derived from an individual affected with PPCD3 and from an individual with genetically unresolved PPCD. 31233731 2019
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE PPCD is characterized by a cadherin-switch and transition to an epithelial-like transcriptomic and cellular phenotype, which we study in a cell-based model of PPCD generated using CRISPR-Cas9-mediated ZEB1 knockout in corneal endothelial cells (CEnCs). 31194824 2019
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE To investigate the molecular basis of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) by examining the PPCD transcriptome and the effect of decreased ZEB1 expression on corneal endothelial cell (CEnC) gene expression. 28654985 2017
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Agenesis of the corpus callosum, developmental delay, autism spectrum disorder, facial dysmorphism, and posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy associated with ZEB1 gene deletion. 28742278 2017
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE However, the failure to identify presumed pathogenic coding or non-coding OVOL2 or ZEB1 variants, or CNV involving the PPCD1 and PPCD3 loci in 26 other PPCD probands suggests that other genetic loci may be involved in the pathogenesis of PPCD. 28046031 2017
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE For data analysis the PPCD patients were divided based on either the molecular genetic cause of their disease as PPCD1 (37 samples), PPCD3 (1 sample) and PPCDx (not linked to a known PPCD loci, 4 samples) or on the presence (17 samples) or absence (25 samples) of secondary glaucoma or on whether they had undergone penetrating keratoplasty (PK, 32 samples) or repeated PK (rePK, 7 samples). 28414732 2017
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To the authors' knowledge, we report the earliest clinical presentation of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy resulting from a de novo mutation in ZEB1. 26619383 2016
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE This study demonstrates that ZEB1 mutations account for a larger proportion of PPCD than previously estimated, and supports the hypothesis that haploinsufficiency of ZEB1 is the underlying molecular mechanism of disease for PPCD3. 26508574 2016
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GermlineCausalMutation disease ORPHANET Identification of six novel mutations in ZEB1 and description of the associated phenotypes in patients with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy 3. 25441224 2015
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Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) is a dominantly inherited disorder of the corneal endothelium that has been associated with mutations in the zinc-finger E-box binding homeobox 1 gene (ZEB1) gene in approximately one-third of affected families. 24780443 2014
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GermlineCausalMutation disease ORPHANET Sequence variants in 3 genes are associated with the development of PPCD, including ZEB1 that is responsible for PPCD3. 23807282 2013
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Ten of the 38 individuals (26.3%) had average keratometric values greater than 48.0 D OU: 10 of 27 individuals with PPCD (37.0%; 6 of 7 individuals with ZEB1 mutations [85.7%] and 4 of 20 individuals without ZEB1 mutations [20.0%]) and 0 of 11 unaffected individuals (P = .04 for unaffected vs affected individuals; P = .004 for individuals with PPCD with vs without ZEB1 mutation). 24113819 2013
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Sequence variants in 3 genes are associated with the development of PPCD, including ZEB1 that is responsible for PPCD3. 23807282 2013
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The absence of ZEB1 promoter region mutations in probands without a ZEB1 coding region mutation indicates that other genetic loci, such as the PPCD1 locus, are involved in the pathogenesis of PPCD. 23559851 2013
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Mutations in ZEB1 have been reported in posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD3; MIM #609141) and Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD6; MIM #613270). 23599324 2013
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Analysis of the role of ZEB1 in the pathogenesis of posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy. 22199242 2012
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Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The detailed clinical features of PPCD associated with a novel ZEB1 mutation are supportive of the previously proposed range of phenotype parameters. 19432861 2010
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Here we report missense mutations in TCF8, a transcription factor whose haploinsufficiency causes posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD), in a cohort of late-onset FCD patients. 20036349 2010
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The phenotype associated with changes in the ZEB1 gene exhibits variable expression and incomplete penetrance and seems to have a low risk for secondary glaucoma or the need for keratoplasty compared to PPCD linked to 20p11.2. 21067486 2010
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Phenotypic characterisation and ZEB1 mutational analysis in posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy in a New Zealand population. 19997581 2009
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Novel mutations in the ZEB1 gene identified in Czech and British patients with posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy. 17437275 2007
CUI: C0339284
Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Therefore, PPCD is associated with TCF8 mutations in one quarter of affected families in this study, or about one third of all PPCD families that have been screened thus far. 17935237 2007
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Disease: Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
Polymorphous corneal dystrophy
0.500 Biomarker disease BEFREE Identification of TCF8 as the PPCD3 gene provides a valuable tool for the study of critical gene regulation events in PPCD pathology and suggests a possible role for TCF8 mutations in altered structure and function of cells lining body cavities other than the anterior chamber of the eye. 16252232 2005