TERT, telomerase reverse transcriptase, 7015

N. diseases: 703; N. variants: 97
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The percentage of necrosis volume and age may surrogate for predicting TERT mutation status in glioblastoma. 30948344 2020
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This pre-clinical study shows that eribulin, a specific inhibitor of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT)-RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, is an effective anticancer agent against glioblastoma. 31099446 2019
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Significant increases of microvascular density and microvascular area were observed in glioblastomas (95% p < 0.001 in density, 170% p < 0.001 in area) in comparison with other histologic types; increases were also observed in cases with TERT-mut only (68% p < 0.001 in density, 54% p < 0.001 in area) compared with other molecular types. 31201368 2019
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Four genes that were commonly altered in both primary and recurrent GBM were more prevalent in our cohort than reported in COSMIC: CDKN2A (86% vs. 53%) and CDKN2B (86% vs. 54%) deletions, EGFR activating mutation (52% vs. 10%) or amplification (81% vs. 45%), and TERT mutation (95% vs. 51%). 30535594 2019
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE EGFR was significantly associated with all glioma and glioblastoma in males only and a female-specific association in TERT, all of which remained nominally significant after conditioning on known risk loci. 30124908 2019
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The prognosis value of the risk signature was superior than known clinicopathological features in 1p/19q non-codel gliomas and was also highly associated with the following features: loss of CDKN2A/B copy number in mutant-IDH-astrocytoma; telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation, combined chromosome 7 gain/chromosome 10 loss and epidermal growth factor receptor amplification in wild-type-IDH-astrocytoma; classical and mesenchymal subtypes in glioblastoma. 31157866 2019
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Clinicopathological Analysis of HIF-1alpha and TERT on Survival Outcome in Glioblastoma Patients: A Prospective, Single Institution Study. 31258744 2019
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our study demonstrates evidence of altered permeability metrics associated with TERT mutation in glioblastoma, laying the foundation for future prospective studies assessing implications for therapeutic management and clinical outcomes. 30644143 2019
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In gliomas, the TERT promoter mutation (TPM) and resultant overexpression of TERT are observed mainly in the most aggressive (primary glioblastoma/grade IV astrocytoma) and the least aggressive (grade II oligodendroglioma) cases. 29525892 2018
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE <i>TERT</i> promoter mutations are selectively observed among 1p/19q-codeleted oligodendrogliomas and isocitrate dehydrogenase gene- <i>(IDH-)</i> wildtype glioblastoma (GBM). 29693015 2018
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Furthermore, we identify a novel mechanism of telomerase activation in glioblastomas that occurs via chromosomal rearrangements upstream of TERT. 29802247 2018
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE To enhance the anti-tumour efficacy of H5CmTERT-Ad against malignant glioblastoma, we also generated an H5CmTERT-Ad expressing secretable trimeric tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (H5CmTERT-Ad/TRAIL). 29362367 2018
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Two somatic mutations in the TERT promoter (C228T; C250T) have been identified as gain-of-function mutations that promote transcriptional activation of TERT in multiple cancers, such as melanoma and glioblastoma. 29449679 2018
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We performed hTERT promoter genotyping on 303 isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 wild-type GBM tumors treated with standard chemoradiotherapy. 27571882 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE By bringing TERT-EZH2 network at the forefront as driver of dysregulated metabolism, our findings highlight the non-canonical but distinct role of TERT in metabolic reprogramming and DNA damage responses in glioblastoma. 28833137 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the telomerase reverse transcriptase gene promoter (TERTp) are common in glioblastomas (GBMs) and oligodendrogliomas (ODGs), and therefore, have a key role in tumorigenesis and may be of prognostic value. 28851427 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE CDKN2A/B, TP53, and TERT were the most common genomic alterations seen in primary GBMs, whereas IDH1, TP53, and PIK3CA were the most common in secondary GBMs. 28663030 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE NGS data obtained in a retrospective analysis of 121 gliomas allowed for their molecular classification into distinct biological groups, including (i) isocitrate dehydrogenase gene (IDH) 1 or 2 mutant astrocytic gliomas with frequent α-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked (ATRX) and tumor protein p53 (TP53) gene mutations, (ii) IDH mutant oligodendroglial tumors with 1p/19q codeletion, telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation and frequent Drosophila homolog of capicua (CIC) gene mutation, as well as (iii) IDH wildtype glioblastomas with frequent TERT promoter mutation, phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) mutation and/or epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) amplification. 26919320 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE TERT (telomerase reverse transcriptase gene) promoter mutations have been suggested as a molecular marker for primary glioblastomas. 28823044 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE The gene expression level (49.99 ± 10.23% for U87, 43.28 ± 9.66% for U251) and protein expression level (51.58 ± 7.88% for U87, 50.69 ± 7.59% for U251) of TERT is observed to decrease substantially after transfecting the tumor cells for 48 h. More importantly, the silencing of TERT gene expression significantly suppressed the proliferation of glioblastoma cells. 28420995 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Triple-positive (IDH1 and TERT mutation with 1p19q codeletion) glioma tended to be oligodendroglioma present with much better clinical outcome compared to TERT mutation only group who is glioblastoma inclined (median overall survival 39 months VS 18 months). 28915860 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Pre-operative MRIs of 64/67 genetically confirmed primary GBM patients (51/67 TERT-mutated with rs2853669 polymorphism) were analyzed according to Visually AcceSAble Rembrandt Images (VASARI) ( https://wiki.cancerimagingarchive.net/display/Public/VASARI+Research+Project ) imaging criteria by three radiological raters. 28894890 2017
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Nrf2-driven TERT regulates pentose phosphate pathway in glioblastoma. 27148686 2016
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We found that all glioblastoma BTIC lines harbored a TERT mutation, which was retained in two patient-matched recurrent BTIC. 26960334 2016
CUI: C0017636
Disease: Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Compared with TERT mutant-MGMT unmethylated GBMs, the hazard ratio (HR) for OS incorporating the interaction was the lowest in the TERT mutant-MGMT methylated GBM (HR, 0.266), followed by the TERT wild-type-MGMT methylated (HR, 0.317) and the TERT wild-type-MGMT unmethylated GBMs (HR, 0.542). 27503138 2016