Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0038356
Disease: Stomach Neoplasms
Stomach Neoplasms
0.320 Biomarker group LHGDN Expression and significance of TWIST basic helix-loop-helix protein over-expression in gastric cancer. 17886095 2007
CUI: C0038356
Disease: Stomach Neoplasms
Stomach Neoplasms
0.320 Biomarker group LHGDN Up-regulation of gastric cancer cell invasion by Twist is accompanied by N-cadherin and fibronectin expression. 17512904 2007
CUI: C0038356
Disease: Stomach Neoplasms
Stomach Neoplasms
0.320 Biomarker group CTD_human Metastasis-induction and apoptosis-protection by TWIST in gastric cancer cells. 19806464 2009
CUI: C3714756
Disease: Intellectual Disability
Intellectual Disability
0.120 Biomarker group HPO
CUI: C3714756
Disease: Intellectual Disability
Intellectual Disability
0.120 AlteredExpression group BEFREE We propose a core pathway of transcription regulators, including Hdac4, involved in chromatin condensation and transcriptional repression, and one of its targets, the transcription factor Twist1, as potential drivers of the ID and infantile spasms in patients with ARX polyalanine expansion mutations. 27798109 2016
CUI: C3714756
Disease: Intellectual Disability
Intellectual Disability
0.120 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Large deletions including the TWIST gene have been identified in some patients with learning disabilities or mental retardation, which are not typically part of the Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. 10649491 2000
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE The fact that increased TWIST protein levels were also associated with another microtubule-targeting anticancer drug, vincristine, in four types of human cancer including nasopharyngeal, bladder, ovarian and prostate, indicates that it may play a central role in the resistance to microtubule-disrupting agents. 14724576 2004
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Taken together, our results establish a signaling axis through which the tumor microenvironment elicits Twist1 expression to promote cancer metastasis. 22253230 2012
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE We observed lack of correlation between CTCs and expression of TWIST1 and SLUG in breast cancer cells or cancer associated stroma. 26194471 2015
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This platform has potential application for overcoming clinical challenges of tumor cell targeting, metastasis and chemoresistance in ovarian and other TWIST overexpressing cancers. 29665439 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Twist1 is a key transcription factor, which confers tumor cells with cancer stem cell (CSC)-like characteristics and enhances epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pathological conditions including tumor malignancy and metastasis. 29204790 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE These results indicate that tamoxifen can significantly accelerate Twist1 degradation to suppress cancer cell invasion and metastasis, suggesting that tamoxifen can be used not only to treat ER-positive breast cancers but also to reduce Twist1-mediated invasion and metastasis in ER-negative breast cancers. 25892968 2015
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE An immunohistochemical analysis of cancer stem cell markers, such as nucleostemin and TWIST has not been conducted in surgically-resected esophageal squamous cell carcinomas after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. 22050045 2012
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Regulation of the Mechanism of TWIST1 Transcription by BHLHE40 and BHLHE41 in Cancer Cells. 26391953 2015
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Twist1, a key transcription factor regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer metastasis, is highly expressed in invasive cancers in contrast to the loss of BTG2<sup>/TIS21</sup> expression. 31138781 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Our findings demonstrate that Twist1 is a key downstream effector of p62 in regulation of cell proliferation and migration and suggest that targeting p62-mediated Twist1 stabilization is a promising therapeutic strategy for prevention and treatment of cancer. 24927592 2014
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Previous physiologic and oncologic data identified the TWIST gene as a marker for mesodermal derivative and bone tissue differentiation, but its contribution to bone malignancies has not been investigated. 15900593 2005
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The stroma of human colorectal tumors contains TWIST1-positive cancer cells with mesenchymal phenotypes. 23684708 2013
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Screening for expressional changes of cancer-related genes upon Twist1 knockdown revealed up-regulation of Cdkn1a, Cflar, and Serpinb2 and down-regulation of Figf. 19276370 2009
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Here, we report that Twist1, a key regulator of cancer-associated fibroblasts, directly upregulates Prrx1, which, in turn, increases the expression of Tenascin-C (TNC). 30069061 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Our findings highlight the Nkx2.8-Twist1 axis as candidate target for therapeutic intervention in advanced urothelial carcinoma.<b>Significance:</b> These findings highlight a novel EMT signaling axis as a candidate target for therapeutic intervention in advanced urothelial carcinomas.<i>Cancer Res; 78(5); 1241-52.©2018 AACR</i>. 29311157 2018
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE The GEO, The Cancer Genome Atlas, and the GTEx databases were used to determine Twist1 mRNA levels in tumors and their non-tumor counterparts. 31383001 2019
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE TWIST1 is a transcription factor whose reactivation in tumors leads to epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), including increased cancer cell stemness, survival, and invasiveness. 26115637 2015
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE The levels of TWIST and beta-catenin were upregulated with increasing grade of malignancy. 22331730 2012
CUI: C0006826
Disease: Malignant Neoplasms
Malignant Neoplasms
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Here, we show that TGF-β induces SNCG expression by Smad-Twist1 axis, thus promoting TGF-β- and Twist1-induced cancer cell migration and invasion. 29795373 2018