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 We evaluated associations in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study between PrCa and nine T2D single nucleotide polymorphisms from genome-wide association studies of T2D (in CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, FTO, HHEX, IGF2BP2, KCNJ11, PPARG, SLC30A8, and TCF7L2) and four T2D single nucleotide polymorphisms from pre-genome-wide association studies (in ADRB2, CAPN10, SLC2A2, and UCP2). 20142250 2010
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 The A allele of the -866G>A variant of UCP2 was associated with reduced risk of CAD in men with type 2 diabetes in a 6-year prospective study. 18192542 2008
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 Biomarker disease RGD Supplementation of alpha-tocopherol improves cardiovascular risk factors via the insulin signalling pathway and reduction of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in type II diabetic rats. 18344121 2008
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We identified a haplotype set (rs591758-rs668514- rs647126-rs1800006, spanning the UCP2-UCP3 intergenic and UCP3 regions) as significantly associated with greater type 2 diabetes risk (nominal P = 0.0011, permutation P = 0.046) in Caucasian women, especially among overweight Caucasians (BMI >25 kg/m(2)) (nominal P = 0.0006, permutation P = 0.032). 18223008 2008
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 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We found no significant association between UCP2 genotypes and incident T2DM in the whole cohort, in race-gender subgroups, or in categories of body mass index (normal, overweight and obese). 18496642 2008
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 Biomarker disease BEFREE We conclude that obesity-induced, UCP2-mediated loss of glucose sensing in glucose-excited neurons might have a pathogenic role in the development of type 2 diabetes. 17728716 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 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 LHGDN Uncoupling protein 2 promoter polymorphism -866G/A affects peripheral nerve dysfunction in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients. 16567833 2006
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Variation in the UCP2-UCP3 gene cluster predicts the development of type 2 diabetes in healthy middle-aged men. 16644712 2006
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 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results support a role for UCP2 as a gene contributing to the pathogenesis of Type 2 diabetes. 17052202 2006
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 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent studies have shown that UCP2 has an important part in the pathogenesis of type-2 diabetes. 15738989 2005
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 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 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 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The UCP-2 mRNA expression was inversely correlated with the amount of adipose tissue (r = -0.53, p < 0.001), and multiple regression analysis revealed that only the amount of FM was independently correlated with basal UCP-2 mRNA levels, whereas age, gender nor family history of type 2 diabetes contributed independently to the variation in UCP-2 mRNA levels. 15642081 2005
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 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 Biomarker disease BEFREE Using the MDR method, we showed a two-locus interaction between the UCP2 and PPARgamma genes among 23 loci in the candidate genes of Type 2 diabetes. 14730379 2004
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
0.600 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We tested the hypothesis that common UCP2 variants influence T2DM susceptibility in four parallel studies of separate populations. 12915397 2004