TGM2, transglutaminase 2, 7052

N. diseases: 315; N. variants: 14
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In the present study, these two compounds were evaluated further in a breast cancer (MDA-MB-231) tumour xenograft model for imaging active tissue transglutaminase in vivo. 29802556 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The CGC haplotype increased the risk to breast cancer by 2.5-fold compared to others, while TGC and TTC haplotypes carried 2.5- and 5-fold lower risk of breast cancer, respectively. 26838221 2016
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE For survival analyses, the results demonstrated that the minor allele homozygotes of rs13689 and haplotype TGC in CDH1 were linked with unfavorable event-free survival of breast cancer, whereas, rs4783689 of CDH1 showed the opposite effect under dominant model. 26285011 2015
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Human breast cancer cell lines (MCF7 and T47D), which express low endogenous levels of transglutaminase, were transiently transfected with the cross-linking 55 kDa active TG isoform or its precursor the 80 kDa full-length TGC. 24464646 2015
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Haplotype analysis showed that FTO TAC haplotype (rs9939609-rs1477196-rs1121980) had significant reduced breast cancer risk (OR = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.62-0.93) compared with TGC haplotype. 26146447 2015
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE A TG2-induced shift in glucose metabolism helps breast cancer cells to survive under stressful conditions and promotes their metastatic competence. 24477458 2014
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE This manuscript reviews the literature that supports the existence of the TG2/NF-κB signaling loop, the nature of the signal transduction that activates this loop, and the phenotypic consequences stemming from the aberrant activation of this novel signaling mechanism in breast cancer. 23224146 2013
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Tissue transglutaminase as a central mediator in inflammation-induced progression of breast cancer. 23673317 2013
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In haplotype analysis, CCGAG haplotype in CD27 and TAA haplotype in CD70 conferred an increased risk of breast cancer (P = 5.60 × 10(-3); P = 7.75 × 10(-5), respectively), but TGC, TAC and TGA haplotypes in CD70 were associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer (P = 0.01; P = 5.2 × 10(-3); P = 2.00 × 10(-3), respectively). 22399187 2012
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE We have recently uncovered that the TG2 gene (TGM2) is a target for epigenetic silencing in breast cancer, highlighting a molecular mechanism that drives reduced TG2 expression, and this aberrant molecular event may contribute to invasiveness in this tumor type. 20596752 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The effect of TG2 expression on human breast cancer distant metastasis was investigated by analyzing a tissue microarray of primary tumors from 412 patients with their clinical data after 7 years. 21967801 2011
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In conclusion, we showed that p70S6K plays an important role in metastasis by regulating key proteins like cyclin D1, PDCD4, focal adhesion kinase, E-cadherin, beta-catenin, and tissue transglutaminase 2, which are essential for cell attachment, survival, invasion, and metastasis in breast cancer. 20423989 2010
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Surprisingly, the tTG-promoted growth of breast-cancer cells is dependent on its ability to activate the Src tyrosine kinase as an outcome of a complex formed between tTG and the breast-cancer marker and intermediate filament protein keratin-19. 20080707 2010
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Interestingly, elevated transglutaminase 2 (TGase 2) expression is additionally observed in breast cancer. 19273176 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human Expression of GLUT-1 and transglutaminase 2 is increased in aggressive breast cancer, whereas claudin-1, which is expressed in normal tissues, is absent in such tumors. 19579870 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Silencing of TGase 2 sensitizes breast cancer cells to apoptosis by regulation of survival factors. 19273216 2009
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE When these three SNPs were examined as a haplotype, only the haplotype that included the G allele of rs2289046 was associated with breast cancer (odds ratio = 0.76, 95% confidence interval = 0.63-0.92 for TGC versus CAT). 18611262 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE A role for tissue transglutaminase (TG2) and its substrate dual leucine zipper-bearing kinase (DLK), an upstream component of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway, has been previously suggested in the apoptotic response induced by calphostin C. In the current study, we directly tested this hypothesis by examining via pharmacological and RNA-interference approaches whether inhibition of expression or activity of TG2, DLK and JNK in mouse NIH 3T3 fibroblasts and human MDA-MB-231 breast cancer epithelial cells affects calphostin C-induced apoptosis. 18497756 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 PosttranslationalModification disease BEFREE This work indicates that the TGM2 gene is a target for epigenetic silencing in breast cancer and suggests that this aberrant molecular event is a potential marker for chemotherapeutic drug sensitivity. 18174247 2008
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We conclude that TG2 expression in breast cancer cells plays an important role in the development of the metastatic phenotype. 17043648 2007
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We have found previously that development of the drug resistance and metastatic phenotypes in breast cancer cells is associated with increased tissue transglutaminase (TG2) expression. 16818508 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Implications of increased tissue transglutaminase (TG2) expression in drug-resistant breast cancer (MCF-7) cells. 16449978 2006
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE It is likely that the sensitivity of immunohistochemistry is not sufficient to detect functionally relevant tTG enzyme in all breast cancer sections. 11484985 2001