Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) gene polymorphisms have been reported as genetic risk factors for obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). 22533685 2012
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE UCP2 polymorphisms are associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in Type 2 Diabetes, which also induces considerable background oxidative stress. 27615599 2016
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A total of 930 patients and 867 control subjects were recruited to examine the association between leukocyte telomere length, UCP2 variant (-886G>A), recently identified serological markers, and type 2 diabetes. 21873561 2011
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE At the same time, type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis where an increased expression of UCP2 appears to be beneficial. 16487034 2006
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Based on our case-control study and meta-analysis, we conclude that UCP2 Ala55Val and -866G/A polymorphisms are not significantly associated with type 2 diabetes risk in the Chinese population. 24065674 2013
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 Biomarker disease RGD Bezafibrate-induced changes over time in the expression of uncoupling protein (UCP) mRNA in the tissues: a study in spontaneously type 2 diabetic rats with visceral obesity. 15356383 2004
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE By using a Cox proportional hazard model, common variants in the PPARG (P12A), CAPN10 (SNP43 and 44), KCNJ11 (E23K), UCP2 (-866G>A), and IRS1 (G972R) genes were studied for their ability to predict T2D in 2,293 individuals participating in the Botnia study in Finland. 17570749 2005
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 Biomarker disease CTD_human Chronic hyperglycemia, independent of plasma lipid levels, is sufficient for the loss of beta-cell differentiation and secretory function in the db/db mouse model of diabetes. 16123366 2005
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE For meta-analysis, a literature search was conducted to identify all studies that investigated associations between UCP2 polymorphisms and DKD in patients with T1DM or type 2 diabetes mellitus. 31479096 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genetic variation in the UCP2-UCP3 gene cluster may act as a modifier increasing serum lipid levels and indices of abdominal obesity, and may thereby also contribute to the metabolic aberrations observed in obesity and type 2 diabetes. 19769793 2009
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In UCP2 (G-866A) polymorphism, the distribution of GA (46%) and AA (14%) genotypes were significantly higher in T2D patients than the healthy controls. 30910560 2019
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, a common polymorphism in the promoter region of the UCP2 gene modulates triglycerides and cholesterol levels in French Caucasian subjects with type 2 diabetes. 15308133 2004
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In our case-control study of people with European ancestry we were not able to demonstrate any association between the UCP polymorphisms and T2DM; however, our meta-analysis detected a significant association between the UCP2 Ala55Val and UCP3 -55C/T polymorphisms and increased susceptibility for T2DM in Asians. 23365654 2013
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we investigated the effects of genetic variation in UCP2 on type 2 diabetes and obesity, as well as on metabolic phenotypes related to these diseases, in Pima Indians. 16167150 2005
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we investigated whether UCP2 -866G/A, Ala55Val and Ins/Del polymorphisms were associated with DKD in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and whether they had an effect on UCP2 gene expression in human kidney tissue biopsies. 26218518 2015
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Interaction between the UCP2-866G/A, mtDNA 10398G/A and PGC1alpha p.Thr394Thr and p.Gly482Ser polymorphisms in type 2 diabetes susceptibility in North Indian population. 17701054 2007
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Interaction between the UCP2-866G/A, mtDNA 10398G/A and PGC1alpha p.Thr394Thr and p.Gly482Ser polymorphisms in type 2 diabetes susceptibility in North Indian population. 17701054 2007
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE Lastly, no association was found between UCP2 and Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes using either a family based design (85 families) or case control study (normal glucose tolerance n = 335, impaired glucose tolerance n = 42, Type II diabetes n = 76). 10382588 1999
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mitochondrial uncoupling protein gene cluster variation (UCP2-UCP3) and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Women's Genome Health Study. 21074158 2011
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Moreover, the UCP2 rs659366 polymorphism showed no significant difference between DM and control (P = 0.66; OR [95%CI]  = 1.10 (0.91-1.32)). 25396419 2014
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our 4-year follow-up study shows no association between -866G>A variant of UCP-2 in type 2 diabetes and the risk of developing stroke. 23621569 2013
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our meta-analysis suggests that the UCP2 -866G/A polymorphism is unlikely to be associated with increased type 2 diabetes risk in the populations investigated. 21751002 2011
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Patients with combinations of the rSNPs UCP2 -5331G>A and UCP3 -2078C>T displayed an increased risk for T2DM. 18755175 2008
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 Biomarker disease CTD_human Previous studies of the role of the UCP2 promoter -866G/A single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in T2D have given opposite results. 15562023 2005
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Previous studies of the role of the UCP2 promoter -866G/A single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in T2D have given opposite results. 15562023 2005