TNF, tumor necrosis factor, 7124

N. diseases: 2724; N. variants: 31
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results indicated that a non-HLA gene located around the TNF gene region centromic of the HLA-B gene was a candidate to control the genetic susceptibility to Behçet's disease. 1356945 1992
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Microsatellite polymorphism between the tumor necrosis factor and HLA-B genes in Behçet's disease. 7591872 1995
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE However, polymorphic analyses of the TNFB gene and Tau-a microsatellite between the HLA-B and TNF genes indicate that the pathogenic gene of BD is not the HLA-B51 gene itself but another gene located around the HLA-B gene. 9509902 1997
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The rare TNF-2 polymorphism at the TNF -308 promoter position was associated with HLA-B*50 (not B*51), and was not associated with BD. 10519363 1999
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This genetic proximity to a gene that is already widely implicated in disease susceptibility led us to investigate the association between TNF promoter polymorphisms and susceptibility to BD. 12632436 2003
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we investigated genetic polymorphisms of TNF alpha -308 G/A, TNF beta +252 G/A, and TNFR2 196 R/M in 94 Korean BD patients and age- and sex-matched healthy controls to investigate the role of TNF and TNF receptor polymorphisms in BD. 12770792 2003
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE No significant difference was observed in the distribution of TNF-alpha promoter region polymorphisms between patients with Behçet's disease and controls. 14727453 2004
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Intestinal lesions of BD expressed interferon (IFN)-gamma, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interleukin (IL)-12 mRNA, indicating Th1 skewed responses in vivo. mRNA of Txk, a Tec family tyrosine kinase specific to Th1 cells, was expressed in the lesions, suggesting its contribution to the Th1-dominant responses. 15654837 2005
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) pathway is likely involved in the pathophysiology of Behçet's disease. 15692984 2005
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Six polymorphisms in the promoter region of TNFA were genotyped in 254 BD patients and 344 control subjects, via the PCR-RFLP technique. 16891799 2006
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of TNFA promoter region haplotype in Behçet's Disease. 16891799 2006
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To investigate the possible relation of the TNF-alpha-1031 T/C polymorphism with susceptibility to BD in a Turkish population and to determine the functional importance of this polymorphism. 16882174 2006
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Serum TNF-alpha level was significantly higher in patients with BD than in healthy controls (3.10 +/- 1.45 pg/ml vs 2.43 +/- 1.94 pg/ml, P < 0.01). 15875188 2006
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Therefore, the TNF molecule may have an important genetically and/or functionally implication in the pathogenesis of BD in the Tunisian population. 17349875 2007
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease LHGDN The aim of the study is to compare stimulated production of TNF-alpha by PBM of BD patients with that of healthy volunteers (HV) and to examine correlations between the ability of PBM to produce TNF-alpha and organ/system involvement in patients with BD. 16897113 2007
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Patients with the novel -646A allele of the TNFalpha promoter region were significantly associated with the expression of the HLA-B51 allele (p(corr) = 0.006), although this novel polymorphic allele was not associated with BD susceptibility. 17657677 2007
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We also sought to determine the effects of periodontal condition and TNF-alpha-1031T/C polymorphism on clinical severity of BD. 18355201 2008
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Since NRAMP1 plays a role in the up-regulation of the TNF-alpha, iNOS and MHC expression, it may also be a candidate gene for Behçet's syndrome (BS). 18998137 2009
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The single nucleotide polymorphisms of the IL-6 and IL-8 receptor genes and the TNF-alpha gene analysed here do not appear to be associated with Behçet's disease. 19026125 2009
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results suggest that TNF-alpha is a susceptibility gene for BD in patients from Iranian Azeri Turk ethnic group. 19774383 2009
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our study indicates that functional TNF-α, IL10 genotypes or combined TNF-α, IL10 genotypes do not play a role in BS susceptibility in Turkish BS patients. 20191386 2010
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Particular genotypes and haplotypes in TNF-α were over-represented in BD, which may, in turn, predispose individuals to this disease. 21059493 2010
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A literature review was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for original studies published in English up to October 31, 2009 and that examined the association of the TNF-alpha promoter polymorphisms with Behçet's disease. 20470944 2010
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We assayed aqueous humor (AH) samples from patients with Behçet's disease (BD), Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease, and HLA-B27-associated uveitis and control patients for the proinflammatory cytokines IL-15, IL-17, interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor-α and the immunosuppressive cytokine IL-10. 21334264 2011
CUI: C0004943
Disease: Behcet Syndrome
Behcet Syndrome
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Data suggest that other HLA (HLA-C, HLA-DR) and HLA-related [MHC Class I chain-related gene A (MIC-A), TNF-α] genes may play a role in BD co-susceptibility or pathogenesis. 21059670 2011