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
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In breast cancer patients, TWIST1 and PRKD1 expression correlated with metastatic recurrence, particularly in basal breast cancer. 31676574 2020
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our findings suggest that miR-186 functions as a tumor suppressor by targeting Twist1 in BC. miR-186 may serve as a novel biomarker in BC diagnosis or a new therapeutic target in BC treatment. 30552711 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Furthermore, the re-expression of an α-parvin mutant in which the G3BP2-binding site is ablated, unlike that of wild-type α-parvin, in α-parvin-deficient breast cancer cells, is unable to restore the level and signaling of TWIST1 and promote breast cancer progression. 30804457 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Collectively, these findings extend our understanding of AGR2 regulation in breast cancer and may contribute to development of Twist1-AGR2 targeting therapeutics for breast cancer. 31202462 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE MEST induces Twist-1-mediated EMT through STAT3 activation in breast cancers. 30903102 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE To conclude, NONHSAT101069 was upregulated in BC tissues and promoted epirubicin resistance, migration and invasion of BC cells via regulation of NONHSAT101069/miR-129-5p/Twist1 axis, highlighting its potential as an oncogene and a therapeutic biomarker for BC. 31444414 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Association of FOXA1 and EMT markers (Twist1 and E-cadherin) in breast cancer. 30941644 2019
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Subcellular NHERF1 localization, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), its receptor VEGFR1, hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α), TWIST1 expression and microvessel density (MVD) in 183 invasive BCs were evaluated, using immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays (TMA). 29716631 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Associations of gene‑wide SNPs in SNAI1 and TWIST1 with breast cancer and ovarian cancer susceptibility among Chinese Han women. 30272327 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Notably, we found a positive correlation between SPZ1 and Twist1 in breast cancer samples from patients with anthracycline or taxane-based chemotherapy. 30076850 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These findings define Twist1 as a major target of lncATB in the induction of the EMT and highlight lncATB as a biomarker in breast cancer patients. 30518916 2018
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Studies investigating Twist protein or mRNA expression as well as reporting survival data in breast cancer were included. 29016671 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Establishment of twist-1 and TGFBR2 as direct targets of microRNA-20a in mesenchymal to epithelial transition of breast cancer cell-line MDA-MB-231. 28987542 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Results showed that co-delivery of miR-34a and TQ is able to inactivate EMT signaling pathway by directly targeting TWIST1 and ZEB1 in BT-549 cell line, indicating that they might be a promising therapeutic combination against breast cancer metastasis. 28423483 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE However, the regulatory and functional relationships between Twist1 and Foxa1 in breast cancer progression are unknown. 27524420 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our data establishes a Twist over-expressing mouse model of breast cancer, which metastasizes to the lung and replicates some of the ontogeny of human breast cancer progression. 28086829 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The present study aimed to explore the role of the combination of Twist1 expression in metastasized ALN and the serum level of CA15‑3 in evaluating the prognosis of patients with breast cancer. cluster of differentiation (CD)44, CD24, aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH)1 and Twist1 expression in normal and metastasized ALN from 102 patients with breast cancer were detected using laser confocal microscopy and the expression of the genes evaluated by reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction; E‑cadherin, N‑cadherin and vimentin expression was also tested by western blotting. 28112378 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE VEGF and TWIST1 in a 16-biomarker immunoprofile useful for prognosis of breast cancer patients. 28677228 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE To determine the intrinsic role of Twist1 in EMT and breast cancer initiation, growth, and metastasis, we developed mouse models with an oncogene-induced mammary tumor containing wild-type (WT) <i>Twist1</i> or tumor cell-specific <i>Twist1</i> knockout (Twist1<sup>TKO</sup>). 29073077 2017
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Importantly, an increase in SCP1 expression in breast cancer cells with either endogenous or ectopically expressed Twist1 largely inhibits the Twist1-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition phenotype and the migration and invasion capabilities of these cells. 26975371 2016
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Breast cancer-specific mortality was higher among obese (BMI ≥ 30) patients with promoter methylation in APC (HR = 2.47; 95 % CI = 1.43-4.27) and TWIST1 (HR = 4.25; 95 % CI = 1.43-12.70) in breast cancer tissue. 26945992 2016
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Here we report that a TRIM28-TWIST1-EMT axis exists in breast cancer cells and TRIM28 promotes breast cancer metastasis by stabilizing TWIST1 and subsequently enhancing EMT. 27412325 2016
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Our findings add to accumulating evidence that microRNAs are involved in breast cancer progression by modulating TWIST1 expression. 27930738 2016
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Of interest, H2A.X expression level tightly correlates with Twist1, and to a lesser extent with Slug in the panel of human breast cancer cell lines of the NCI-60 datasets. 27315462 2016
CUI: C0006142
Disease: Malignant neoplasm of breast
Malignant neoplasm of breast
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We have aimed to demonstrate the impact of TGF-β1 and fluvastatin on human breast cancer (MCF-7) and human hepatocellular carcinoma (Hep3B) cell cultures via Real-Time Cell Analyzer (RTCA) and to test the expression levels of some genes (NDRG1, SGK1, TWIST1, AMPKA2) and to compare their gene expression levels according to RTCA results. 26419593 2016