Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0278996
Disease: Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
0.330 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We found that HNC cell lines and tissues contained remarkably higher quantities of TACE activity and TACE protein than normal keratinocytes or oral mucosa. siRNA silencing of TACE resulted in the inhibition of release of the tumorogenic factors amphiregulin and transforming growth factor alpha, and tumor protective factors tumor necrosis factor receptors from HNC cells. 19843672 2009
CUI: C0278996
Disease: Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
0.330 Biomarker disease CTD_human SRC family kinases mediate epidermal growth factor receptor ligand cleavage, proliferation, and invasion of head and neck cancer cells. 15342401 2004
CUI: C0278996
Disease: Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
0.330 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Increased production of TGF-alpha and EGFR mRNA in the histologically normal mucosa of patients at risk for a primary or secondary head and neck cancer may serve both as a marker for malignant transformation and as a target for preventive therapies. 8339264 1993
CUI: C0278996
Disease: Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
0.330 Biomarker disease BEFREE The epithelial growth factors, EGF and TGF-alpha, which share the same receptor, EGFR, may play a pivotal role in the development and maintenance of head and neck cancer; preliminary studies concerning TGF-beta and IL-2 are inconclusive. 1408194 1992