VEGFA, vascular endothelial growth factor A, 7422

N. diseases: 1899; N. variants: 59
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Meta-analysis of four case-control studies for VEGF 2578C/A polymorphism showed that there was an association between VEGF 2578C/A polymorphism and prostate cancer under the recessive model (AA versus CC/CA: OR = 1.53, 95 % CI 1.01-2.30, P = 0.04). 24127038 2014
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our results demonstrate that VEGF expression is induced by TGF-β1 in human prostate cancer PC3-M and LNCaP C4-2B cells, and treatment with apigenin markedly decreased VEGF production. 23359392 2014
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Associations of nm23H1, VEGF-C, and VEGF-3 receptor in human prostate cancer. 24858271 2014
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The results indicated that rs4764695/IGF1 and rs1570360/VEGF might play a key role in the development and progression of PCa. 24177231 2014
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Neuropilin-1, p-NF-κB p65 and VEGF are predictors for the overall survival of Chinese men with PC. 24066029 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE PlGF is a member of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family of angiogenic molecules and PlGF mRNA levels increase after androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer. 24005860 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), a heterodimer consisting of HIF-1α and HIF-1β (also known as aromatic hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT)) subunits, is an important regulator of angiogenesis in prostate cancer (PC) through the enhancement of VEGF-A expression. 23831623 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Additionally, for two genes that are deregulated in PCa (heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K, hnRNP-K, and vascular endothelial growth factor A, VEGF-A), we identified two regulatory miRNAs, miR-205 and miR-29b. 22815235 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The importance of Sp1 binding suggests that therapy targeting the AR-Sp1 complex may dampen VEGF induced angiogenesis and, thereby, block prostate cancer progression, helping to maintain the indolent form of prostate cancer. 23369005 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Inheritance of -2578 A/A genotype of VEGF gene may modify PCa susceptibility risk in Mexican population. 24240584 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We correlated LSD1 and JMJD2A expression with known mediators of prostate cancer progression: VEGF-A and cyclin A1. 23384557 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The concomitant presence of the AA genotype of VEGF, the A allele of IL-10 and T allele of GNMT increased the risk of PCa. 22850906 2013
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We show that the VEGF receptor neuropilin-2 (NRP2) is associated with high-grade, PTEN-null prostate cancer and that its expression in tumor cells is induced by PTEN loss as a consequence of c-Jun activation. 22777769 2012
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potency of specific short-interfering RNA (siRNA) to suppress human VEGF expression by siRNA and investigate the effects of VEGF down-regulation on the cell proliferation and apoptosis of the human prostate cancer cell lines DU-145. 22855159 2012
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Although autocrine signaling of VEGFA has been implicated in prostate cancer progression and metastasis, the associated mechanism is poorly characterized. 22705563 2012
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Prostate cancer (CaP) risk and prognosis are adversely correlated with a number of inflammatory and angiogenic mediators, including Toll-like receptors (TLRs), NF-κB and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). 23185615 2012
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Here, we have shown that hypoxia leads to increased expression of VEGF, IL-6, and CSC marker genes such as Nanog, Oct4 and EZH2, and also increased the expression of miR-21, an oncogenic miRNA, in prostate cancer (PCa) cells (PC-3 and LNCaP). 22952749 2012
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Human bone metastatic LNCaP-derivative C4-2B prostate cancer cell line expressed a higher level of VEGF than its parental primary prostate cancer cell line LNCaP. 22549243 2012
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE After subcutaneous administration to mice bearing human prostate cancer PC-3 xenografts, ACA (6 mg/kg/day) remarkably inhibited tumor volume and tumor weight and decreased levels of Src, CD31, VEGF and Ki-67. 21427164 2011
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE OSM and IL-6 increase u-PA and VEGF in DU-145 cells but not in PPEC and possibly, by promoting matrix degradation and angiogenesis, could play a role in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer. 21965736 2011
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In this study, we show that sHA is a potent inhibitor of prostate cancer. sHA blocked the proliferation, motility, and invasion of LNCaP, LNCaP-AI, DU145, and LAPC-4 prostate cancer cells, and induced caspase-8-dependent apoptosis associated with downregulation of Bcl-2 and phospho-Bad. sHA inhibited Akt signaling including androgen receptor (AR) phosphorylation, AR activity, nuclear factor κB (NFκB) activation, and VEGF expression. 21555367 2011
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Furthermore, VEGF(121)/rGel significantly inhibited PCa-induced bone formation in a mouse calvaria culture assay. 21343372 2011
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We conclude that genetic variants in the VEGF gene may influence the risk of high-grade late rectal toxicity after definitive radiotherapy for prostate cancer. 22105769 2011
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE To investigate the mechanisms involved in PCa (prostate cancer) metastasis and CXCR4 (CXC chemokine receptor-4)-mediated VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) and MMP-9 (matrix metalloproteinase-9) expression, we used lentivirus-mediated RNAi (RNA interference) to reduce the expression of CXCR4 in a PCa cell line. 21306303 2011
CUI: C0600139
Disease: Prostate carcinoma
Prostate carcinoma
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE This study shows that ADT is associated with lower HIF1a gene expression in human prostate cancer tissue and documents prognostic value for VEGF-A and VEGF-C expression levels. 20564320 2010