UCP2, uncoupling protein 2, 7351

N. diseases: 235; N. variants: 5
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Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Collectively, these data suggest that miR-214 regulates diabetes through a ROS/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway by UCP2 in proximal tubular cells. 30988734 2019
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Polymorphisms of the UCP2 gene have been associated with diabetes and obesity because UCP2 is involved in energy expenditure and insulin secretion. 31330574 2019
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE Thus, our results shed further light on the regulatory network in β-cells consisting of miRNAs, UCP2, and insulin and provide novel therapeutic targets for diabetes. 30007975 2018
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Decreased UCP2 gene expression in mononuclear cells from obese and diabetic patients might contribute to the immunological abnormalities in these metabolic disorders and suggests its role as a candidate gene in future studies of obesity and diabetes. 29151065 2017
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Furthermore, rs659366-AA at UCP2 and rs15673-TT at UCP3 were correlated to diabetes in a small sub-group of patients. 28281015 2017
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Our aims are to evaluate the interaction between LTL and UCP2 polymorphisms in 950 subjects without diabetes. 27615599 2016
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE The mitochondrial protective gene PGC-1α is also closely related to diabetes, and UCP2 is related to anti-mitochondrial oxidative stress, but the mechanism of action of these genes is unclear. 26315270 2015
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE UCP2 has been shown to play an important role in obesity and diabetes. 24440978 2013
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE However, the role of UCP2 in endothelial dysfunction associated with diabetes and obesity is unclear. 22461387 2012
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Recently, our group reported that the -866A/55Val/Ins haplotype (-866G/A, Ala55Val and Ins/Del polymorphisms) of the UCP2 gene was associated with increased risk for DR in patients with DM. 22134120 2012
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE UCP2 -866G>A (rs659366) has been implicated in cardiometabolic disease and represents a novel candidate gene for beta-blocker response, particularly among patients with diabetes. 20145583 2010
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Polymorphisms of the UCP2 gene are associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus. 19681913 2010
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The impact of UCP2 polymorphisms on diabetes and obesity is still under debate. 20804304 2010
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE A variant in the promoter of the human uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) gene, the G-866A polymorphism, has been associated with future risk of coronary heart disease events, in those devoid of traditional risk factors and in those suffering from diabetes. 19527523 2009
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 Biomarker group BEFREE This review summarizes data supporting the roles of UCP2 and UCP3 in energy dissipation, as well as the genetic variety association with fat metabolism, obesity and diabetes in humans. 19413708 2009
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE We explored the associations of three variants in the uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) gene, one variant in the UCP2-UCP3 intergenic region and five variants in the uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) gene with obesity and diabetes related traits in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance participating in Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study. 19769793 2009
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE These findings suggest a role of UCP2-UCP3 gene cluster haplotypes in diabetes; in particular, the effects of the high-risk haplotypes were more apparent in overweight Caucasian women. 18223008 2008
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Lack of association between uncoupling protein-2 Ala55Val polymorphism and incident diabetes in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. 18496642 2008
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE UCP-2 can possibly modify atherosclerotic processes initiated in vascular cells and agents that increase UCP-2 expression in vascular cells may help prevent the development and progression of atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes or hypertension. 17462780 2007
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Pathological UCP2 expression or activation may suppress glucose-stimulated insulin secretion to the extent that diabetes onset is hastened. 17052202 2006
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Functional promoter variants UCP2 and UCP3 increase the prospective risk of diabetes. 16644712 2006
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE We also tested for an effect of the P12A variant of the peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor-gamma 2 (PPAR gamma 2) gene on diabetes risk given by the UCP2 SNP. 15562023 2005
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 GeneticVariation group BEFREE We investigated the association of the commonly observed UCP2 Ala55Val (V) polymorphism with diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) among 3684 participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. 15951317 2005
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE UCP2 expression levels have been linked to predisposition to diabetes and obesity. 16021520 2005
CUI: C0011849
Disease: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
0.100 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Our data suggest that agents increasing UCP-2 expression in vascular cells may help prevent the development and progression of atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes and hypertension. 15827742 2005