TMPRSS2, transmembrane serine protease 2, 7113

N. diseases: 69; N. variants: 3
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The oncogenic transcription factor ERG is commonly induced by a typical TMPRSS2-ERG (TE) gene fusion in CaP and may affect innervation. 30241953 2020
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The TMPRSS2/ERG (TE) fusion gene is present in half of the prostate cancers (PCas). 31614005 2020
CUI: C0033578
Disease: Prostatic Neoplasms
Prostatic Neoplasms
0.400 GeneticVariation group BEFREE In human CaP, gene fusion between androgen responsive regulatory elements at the 5'-untranslated region of TMPRSS2 and ETS-related genes (ERG) is present in at least 50% of prostate tumors. 31303963 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We report the association of elevated TMPRSS2 expression with increased PrCa risk (independent of a previously-reported risk variant) and with increased tumoral expression of the TMPRSS2:ERG fusion-oncogene in The Cancer Genome Atlas, suggesting a novel germline-somatic interaction mechanism. 31308362 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent advances in genomics and next-generation sequencing heralded the discovery of biomarkers such as the androgen receptor gene (<i>AR</i>) splice events, the <i>TMPRSS2:EGR</i> gene fusion, long noncoding RNA <i>MALAT-1</i> and <i>SCHLAP1</i> for PCa prognosis. 31194651 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Comparison between human umbilical vein endothelial cell and prostate cancer TMPRSS2 (transmembrane protease, serine-2):ERG fusion-positive human prostate epithelial cancer cell line (VCaP) cells revealed distinctive lineage-specific transcriptome and super-enhancer profiles. 30892142 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The purpose of this study was to first investigate the expression of seven different PC-related RNAs that included serine 2 (TMPRSS2): erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog (ERG) gene (TMPRSS2-ERG, T2E) fusion, alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR), kallikrein related peptidase 3 (KLK3), androgen receptor (AR), prostate cancer specific antigen 3 (PCA3), and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and 9. 30294801 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This study strongly suggests that targeting NO-cGMP signaling pathways may be a novel therapeutic strategy to treat PCa with TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion. 30718921 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We also assessed how these two markers correlated with the most common genetic alteration in prostate cancer: TMPRSS2 fusion to ERG (40-60% of carcinomas at the primary site), which places ERG expression under the control of the androgen-regulated TMPRSS2 gene, increasing expression. 30656528 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Additionally, we revealed such genes for the <i>TMPRSS2-ERG</i> prostate cancer molecular subtype (<i>B4GALNT4</i>, <i>ASRGL1</i>, <i>MYBPC1</i>, <i>RGS11</i>, <i>SLC6A14</i>, <i>GALNT13</i>, and <i>ST6GALNAC1</i>). 31447885 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE With the advances in deep sequencing technology, a series of new PCa biomarkers have been recently proposed to improve the diagnostic value of PSA, such as prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3), TMPRSS2-ETS fusion gene, microRNA, and other regulatory non-coding RNAs. 31421692 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Overexpression of ERG protein resulting from TMPRSS2:ERG rearrangement is highly specific for prostate cancer (PCa). 30900303 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To prospectively examine the association between physical activity and risk of PCa defined by clinical features and TMPRSS2:ERG. 30301696 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Only the second study of its kind for the African continent, we support a link between TMPRSS2-ERG status and prostate cancer racial health disparity beyond the borders of the United States. 31090091 2019
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Prostate cancer (PCa) tumors harboring translocations of ETS family genes with the androgen responsive TMPRSS2 gene (ETS+ tumors) provide a robust biomarker for detecting PCa in approximately 70% of patients. 30367117 2019
CUI: C0033578
Disease: Prostatic Neoplasms
Prostatic Neoplasms
0.400 Biomarker group CTD_human The long tail of oncogenic drivers in prostate cancer. 29610475 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Importantly, androgens exert a major role in PCa formation and progression and one of the hypothesized mechanism proposed has been linked to the chromosomal rearrangement of the androgen regulated gene TMPRSS2 with ERG. 28189568 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE TMPRSS2:ERG is the most frequent gene rearrangement identified in prostate cancer, but whether it is involved in prostate cancer bone metastases is largely unknown. 30201302 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The TMPRSS2:ERG (T:E) fusion gene is generally believed to be mainly regulated by the activated androgen receptor (AR) signaling in androgen-dependent prostate cancer. 30042415 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Higher body mass index (BMI) at baseline (per 5 kg/m<sup>2</sup> HR 0.75; 95% CI, 0.61-0.91; <i>P</i><sub>heterogeneity</sub> = 0.02) and updated BMI over time (per 5 kg/m<sup>2</sup> HR 0.86; 95% CI, 0.74-1.00; <i>P</i><sub>heterogeneity</sub> = 0.07) were associated with a reduced risk of ERG-positive disease only.<b>Conclusions:</b> Our results indicate that anthropometrics may be uniquely associated with <i>TMPRSS2:ERG</i>-positive prostate cancer; taller height may be associated with greater risk, whereas obesity may be associated with lower risk.<b>Impact:</b> Our study provides strong rationale for further investigations of other prostate cancer risk factors that may be distinctly associated with subtypes. 29167279 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Chromosomal rearrangements resulting in the fusion of TMPRSS2, an androgen-regulated gene, and the ETS family transcription factor ERG occur in over half of prostate cancers. 30078722 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The <i>TMPRSS2:ERG</i> fusion was expressed in 41% of samples, and the aggressive prostate cancer-associated long noncoding RNA <i>SChLAP1</i> was upregulated in 70%. 29453313 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE <i>TMPRSS2:ERG</i> status was assessed by IHC for presence of ERG on archival tumor specimens for 912 patients with prostate cancer, of whom 48% were ERG-positive.<b>Results:</b> In multivariable models, we found no association between regular use of aspirin and risk of <i>ERG</i>-positive prostate cancer (HR, 1.02; 95% confidence interval, 0.85-1.23), nor any association with duration or frequency of aspirin use. 30108097 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE BRD4 Promotes DNA Repair and Mediates the Formation of TMPRSS2-ERG Gene Rearrangements in Prostate Cancer. 29346775 2018
CUI: C0376358
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Malignant neoplasm of prostate
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Genetic rearrangements involving androgen-regulated transmembrane protease serine 2 (TMPRSS2) and genes from the ETS transcription factor family, most commonly ERG and ETV1, result in alteration that responsible for oncogenic activity in prostate cancer (PC). 29277318 2018