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GlyCosmos Diseases

List of diseases involving glycan related genes. The information of each database of Glyco-Disease Genes Database (GDGDB), DisGeNET, and Alliance of Genome Resources is integrated into one list.

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Glyco-Disease Genes Database (GDGDB)	January 25, 2017

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Disease ID	Disease Name	Gene Symbol ▲	Gene ID	Organism	Source
DOID:1459	hypothyroidism Aliases: Thyroid deficiency Thyroid insufficiency	ACE ACHE ALG8 ANXA5 ARSA ASAH1 B3GLCT BAAT BAD CAT CDH13 COMT CPT1C CS CYP19A1 CYP2B6 EFNA5 ENO2 ENPP1 EXT2 FADS2 FASN FUCA1 G6PD GAS1 GLUL GNE GPC1 GPX1 HJV HSD17B3 HSD3B1 INPP5B L1CAM LGALS3 LIPC MBL2 MPDU1 NCAM1 NR1D1 PCNA PHKA1 PIK3C2A PIK3C3 PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLA2G2A PLOD3 PMM2 PNPLA3 PRKAA2 PTEN PTGS2 SGPL1 SLC2A12 SLC2A1 SLC2A3 SLC2A8 SMUG1 SRD5A1 SRD5A3 UCP2	10020 1012 126129 1312 1431 145173 148738 154091 1555 1588 1636 1946 2026 2132 2194 23583 2517 2539 2619 2752 2817 2876 29988 308 3283 3293 3633 3897 3958 3990 410 4153 427 43 4684 5111 5167 5255 5286 5289 5290 5291 5293 5294 5320 5373 5563 570 572 5728 5743 6513 6515 6715 7351 79053 79644 80339 847 8879 8985 9415 9526 9572	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:0050328	congenital hypothyroidism	ACE ACHE ALG8 ANXA5 ARSA ASAH1 B3GLCT BAAT CAT CDH13 COMT CPT1C CYP19A1 CYP2B6 EFNA5 ENO2 ENPP1 EXT2 FADS2 FASN FUCA1 G6PD GAS1 GLUL GNE GPC1 GPX1 HJV HSD17B3 HSD3B1 INPP5B L1CAM LGALS3 LIPC MBL2 MPDU1 NCAM1 PIK3C2A PIK3C3 PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLA2G2A PLOD3 PMM2 PNPLA3 PPARGC1A PRKAA2 PTEN PTGS2 SGPL1 SLC2A12 SLC2A3 SLC2A8 SMUG1 SRD5A1 SRD5A3	10020 1012 10891 126129 1312 145173 148738 154091 1555 1588 1636 1946 2026 2132 2194 23583 2517 2539 2619 2752 2817 2876 29988 308 3283 3293 3633 3897 3958 3990 410 4153 427 43 4684 5167 5286 5289 5290 5291 5293 5294 5320 5373 5563 570 5728 5743 6515 6715 79053 79644 80339 847 8879 8985 9415 9526	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:11634	myxedema	ACE ACHE ALG8 ANXA5 ARSA ASAH1 B3GLCT BAAT CAT CDH13 COMT CPT1C CYP19A1 CYP2B6 EFNA5 ENO2 ENPP1 EXT2 FADS2 FASN FUCA1 G6PD GAS1 GLUL GNE GPC1 GPX1 HJV HSD17B3 HSD3B1 INPP5B L1CAM LGALS3 LIPC MBL2 MPDU1 NCAM1 PIK3C2A PIK3C3 PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLA2G2A PLOD3 PMM2 PNPLA3 PRKAA2 PTEN PTGS2 SGPL1 SLC2A12 SLC2A3 SLC2A8 SMUG1 SRD5A1 SRD5A3	10020 1012 126129 1312 145173 148738 154091 1555 1588 1636 1946 2026 2132 2194 23583 2517 2539 2619 2752 2817 2876 29988 308 3283 3293 3633 3897 3958 3990 410 4153 427 43 4684 5167 5286 5289 5290 5291 5293 5294 5320 5373 5563 570 5728 5743 6515 6715 79053 79644 80339 847 8879 8985 9415 9526	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:0050759	myotonic dystrophy type 2	ACE ACHE ALPP ATRNL1 CHI3L1 CNTN2 CYP2B6 CYP51A1 DAG1 FASN GAL3ST1 GCK HSPG2 IDS IL18R1 LPL MGAM MRC1 MTM1 MTMR1 PGD PGP PIK3C2A PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLCB1 PRKAA2 PRNP QTRT1 SELE SELP SI SLC2A4 SLC35A1 SLC35G1 ST8SIA4 UGT8	10559 1116 1555 159371 1595 1605 1636 2194 23236 250 26033 2645 283871 3339 3423 4023 43 4360 4534 5226 5286 5290 5291 5293 5294 5563 5621 6401 6403 6476 6517 6900 7368 7903 81890 8776 8809 8972 9514	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:12217	Lewy body dementia Aliases: Dementia with Lewy bodies Diffuse Lewy body disease Lewy body disease Senile dementia of the Lewy body type	ACE ACHE ANXA5 ASAH1 CHI3L1 COMT CYP2B6 DLD ENO2 EPHX2 GBA1 IGF2 IGF2R IMPA1 LGALS3 MAG MASP1 OGA PCNA PDHA1 PLA2G6 PLCG2 PRNP PTGS2 SMUG1 SUCLA2 TIGAR VCAM1	10724 1116 1312 1555 1636 1738 2026 2053 23583 2629 308 3481 3482 3612 3958 4099 427 43 5111 5160 5336 5621 5648 57103 5743 7412 8398 8803	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:2537	inflammatory and toxic neuropathy	ACE ACHE ARSA B3GAT1 BST1 CAT CD14 CD44 CD55 CHI3L1 COMT CYP7B1 DEGS1 FUCA1 GPI GPX1 HADHB HTR2A LGALS1 MAG NGLY1 OGG1 PDIA3 PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PMM2 PNP PNPLA6 PRKAA2 PRNP PRPS1 PSAP PTGS2 RPIA SCP2 SMUG1 TKT	10908 1116 1312 1604 1636 22934 23583 2517 27087 2821 2876 2923 3032 3356 3956 4099 410 43 4860 4968 5290 5291 5293 5294 5373 5563 55768 5621 5631 5660 5743 6342 683 7086 847 8560 929 9420 960	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:8725	vascular dementia Aliases: Multi Infarct Dementia multifocal dementia	ACE ACHE ARSA CHAT CHI3L1 CHIT1 CRLS1 G6PD GFRA1 GPI GPX1 GSK3B ICAM1 KL L2HGDH MASP1 PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLA2G2A PRNP PTGS2 RGN SUCLA2 TNF TP53	1103 1116 1118 1636 2539 2674 2821 2876 2932 3383 410 43 5290 5291 5293 5294 5320 54675 5621 5648 5743 7124 7157 79944 8803 9104 9365	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:0070123	congenital nongoitrous hypothyroidism 4 Aliases: CHNG4 isolated thyrotropin deficiency	ACE ACHE ASAH1 B3GLCT EFNA5 ENO2 G6PD HJV	145173 148738 1636 1946 2026 2539 427 43	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:11486	Horner's syndrome Aliases: Bernard Horner syndrome Horner syndrome cervical sympathetic paralysis	ACE ACHE ATP6AP2 COMT GLA PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PRNP SPTLC1 TM7SF2	10159 10558 1312 1636 2717 43 5290 5291 5293 5294 5621 7108	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:9255	frontotemporal dementia Aliases: Wilhemsen-Lynch disease frontotemporal lobar degeneration multiple system tauopathy with presenile dementia pallidopontonigral degeneration	ACE ACHE CEACAM6 CHI3L1 CHIT1 CYP27A1 DLD EXT1 EXT2 FUT10 GFRA2 GLCE GLDC GNE MASP2 PLA2G6 PRNP PSAP SARM1 SMUG1 SPTLC1 ST3GAL4 SUCLA2 TMED9	10020 10558 10747 1116 1118 1593 1636 1738 2131 2132 23098 23583 26035 2675 2731 43 4680 54732 5621 5660 6484 8398 84750 8803	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET
DOID:13097	intracranial arteriosclerosis	ACE ACHE IMPA1	1636 3612 43	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:12720	cerebral atherosclerosis	ACE ACHE IMPA1	1636 3612 43	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:13241	Behcet's disease Aliases: Adamantiades-Behcet disease Behcet syndrome Behet's syndrome triple symptom complex	ACE ACLY ADIPOQ ANXA5 ARSA CA4 CALR CAT CD14 CD209 CLEC16A CLEC7A CNTN5 CYP1A1 CYP24A1 CYP27B1 CYP2B6 CYP2C19 CYP2C9 DHCR7 ENO1 FCGR3B FCN2 FUT2 GAL3ST1 GLB1 ICAM1 IL1R1 KLRC1 KLRD1 KLRK1 LGALS3 LYZ MBL2 MICA MRC1 NEIL1 PAFAH1B1 PLA2G1B PLA2G2A PLA2G6 PRSS21 SELE SELL SLC35A1 SOAT1 TLR2 TLR4 TNF TPI1 VCAM1	100507436 10559 10942 1543 1555 1557 1559 1591 1594 1636 1717 2023 2215 2220 22914 23274 2524 2720 308 30835 3383 3554 3821 3824 3958 4069 410 4153 4360 47 5048 5319 5320 53942 6401 6402 64581 6646 7097 7099 7124 7167 7412 762 79661 811 8398 847 929 9370 9514	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:13068	renal osteodystrophy Aliases: renal rickets	ACE ACLY ATP6AP2 CD44 DLST FASN FH GPX1 ICAM1 ISYNA1 KL LCAT MBL2 MDH2 NAGLU NT5E OGA OLR1 PTGS2 SDHA SDHB SDHC SDHD ST3GAL4 VCAN VNN1	10159 10724 1462 1636 1743 2194 2271 2876 3383 3931 4153 4191 4669 47 4907 4973 51477 5743 6389 6390 6391 6392 6484 8876 9365 960	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:8997	polycythemia vera Aliases: Osler-Vaquez syndrome Polycythaemia rubra vera Proliferative polycythaemia chronic erythremia	ACE ACO1 ACSL6 AKR1C4 ALOX5 BPGM CALR CAT CD177 CD33 CD38 CEL CH25H CHI3L1 CHIT1 CYB5R3 CYP1A1 CYP2B6 ENPP1 FH FUT1 G6PD HPGDS ICAM1 IDH1 IDH2 IL18R1 ISYNA1 LGALS1 LGALS3 LPL PCYT1A PIGA PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PKLR PLAUR PTEN SDC1 SMUG1 SOAT1	1056 1109 1116 1118 1543 1555 1636 1727 2271 23305 23583 240 2523 2539 27306 3383 3417 3418 3956 3958 4023 48 5130 51477 5167 5277 5290 5291 5293 5294 5313 5329 57126 5728 6382 6646 669 811 847 8809 9023 945 952	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:8432	polycythemia Aliases: Erythrocythemia	ACE ACO1 ACSL6 AKR1C4 ALOX5 BPGM CALR CD177 CD33 CEL CH25H CHI3L1 CHIT1 CYB5R3 CYP1A1 CYP2B6 ENPP1 FH FUT1 G6PD HPGDS HPRT1 IDH1 IDH2 IL18R1 ISYNA1 LGALS1 LGALS3 PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PKLR PLAUR SMUG1 SOAT1	1056 1109 1116 1118 1543 1555 1636 1727 2271 23305 23583 240 2523 2539 27306 3251 3417 3418 3956 3958 48 51477 5167 5290 5291 5293 5294 5313 5329 57126 6646 669 811 8809 9023 945	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:1209	nutritional optic neuropathy	ACE ACO2 AKR1B1 PRPS1 PTEN	1636 231 50 5631 5728	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET
DOID:2797	idiopathic interstitial pneumonia Aliases: Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Idiopathic fibrosing alveolitis	ACE ACO2 ALOX5 ALPI ALPP AMY2A ANXA5 APRT ARSA ASAH1 ATP6AP2 B3GAT1 B3GAT3 CAT CD248 CD44 CD55 CEACAM5 CEACAM7 CEL CEMIP CHAT CHI3L1 CHIT1 CHST15 CTSA CYP27B1 CYP2C9 DCN DEGS1 ELOVL6 ENO1 ENPP2 FASN FCGR3B FOLR2 FUT8 GGT1 GLB1 HAS2 HK2 HPGDS HS6ST1 HS6ST2 ICAM1 IL18R1 IL1RL1 INPP5D KL KLRK1 L1CAM LCLAT1 LDHA LGALS1 LGALS3 LTA4H MICA MPG MRC1 NEU1 NEU3 NT5E OGG1 PARP1 PARP9 PIGN PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PKD1 PKD2 PLA2G4A PLAUR PRKAA2 PTEN PTGS1 PTGS2 RECK SDC1 SDC2 SDC4 SELE SEMA7A SFTPA1 SFTPA2 SFTPC SFTPD SGPL1 SHMT2 SIRT6 SLC27A5 SLC2A10 SLC2A5 SMUG1 SOAT1 SPHK1 SPHK2 SULF1 SULF2 TM7SF2 VCAM1 VCAN	100507436 10159 1048 1056 10825 1087 10998 1103 1116 1118 142 1462 1559 1594 1604 1634 1636 2023 2194 2215 22914 23213 2350 23556 23583 240 248 250 2530 253558 26229 2678 27087 2720 27306 279 3037 308 3099 3383 353 3635 3897 3939 3956 3958 4048 410 427 4350 4360 4758 4907 4968 50 51363 51548 5168 5290 5291 5293 5294 5310 5311 5321 5329 5476 5563 55959 56848 57124 57214 5728 5742 5743 6382 6383 6385 6401 6440 6441 6472 6518 653509 6646 7108 729238 7412 79071 81031 83666 8434 847 8482 8560 8809 8877 8879 90161 9173 9365 9394 960	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:3770	pulmonary fibrosis Aliases: Fibrosis of lung	ACE ACO2 ALOX5 ANXA5 APRT ASAH1 ATP6AP2 B3GAT1 B3GAT3 BAD CAT CD44 CEL CHAT CHI3L1 CHIT1 CHST15 CYP27B1 DCN ELOVL6 FASN FCGR3B FOLR2 FUT8 GLB1 HAS2 HPGDS ICAM1 IL18R1 IL1RL1 INPP5D KL LCLAT1 LDHA LGALS1 LGALS3 MBL2 MPG MRC1 NEU1 NEU3 NT5E OGG1 PARP9 PIGN PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLA2G4A PLAUR PRKAA2 PTEN PTGS2 SDC1 SDC2 SDC4 SELE SEMA7A SFTPA1 SFTPA2 SFTPC SFTPD SGPL1 SIRT6 SLC27A5 SMUG1 SOAT1 SPHK2 SULF1 SULF2 TM7SF2 TNF VCAM1 VCAN	10159 1056 10825 10998 1103 1116 1118 1462 1594 1634 1636 2194 2215 23213 2350 23556 23583 240 2530 253558 26229 27087 2720 27306 3037 308 3383 353 3635 3939 3956 3958 4153 427 4350 4360 4758 4907 4968 50 51363 51548 5290 5291 5293 5294 5321 5329 5563 55959 56848 572 5728 5743 6382 6383 6385 6401 6440 6441 653509 6646 7108 7124 729238 7412 79071 83666 847 8482 8809 8879 9173 9365 960	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:12123	postinflammatory pulmonary fibrosis Aliases: Post-inflammatory pulmonary fibrosis	ACE ACO2 ANXA5 APRT ASAH1 ATP6AP2 B3GAT1 B3GAT3 CAT CD44 CEL CHAT CHI3L1 CHIT1 CHST15 CYP27B1 DCN ELOVL6 FASN FCGR3B FOLR2 FUT8 GLB1 HAS2 HPGDS ICAM1 IL1RL1 INPP5D KL LCLAT1 LDHA LGALS1 LGALS3 MPG MRC1 NEU1 NEU3 NT5E OGG1 PARP9 PIGN PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLA2G4A PLAUR PRKAA2 PTEN PTGS2 SDC1 SDC2 SDC4 SELE SEMA7A SFTPA1 SFTPA2 SFTPC SFTPD SGPL1 SIRT6 SLC27A5 SMUG1 SOAT1 SPHK2 SULF1 SULF2 TM7SF2 VCAM1	10159 1056 10825 10998 1103 1116 1118 1594 1634 1636 2194 2215 23213 2350 23556 23583 2530 253558 26229 27087 2720 27306 3037 308 3383 353 3635 3939 3956 3958 427 4350 4360 4758 4907 4968 50 51363 51548 5290 5291 5293 5294 5321 5329 5563 55959 56848 5728 5743 6382 6383 6385 6401 6440 6441 653509 6646 7108 729238 7412 79071 83666 847 8482 8879 9173 9365 960	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET
DOID:13909	red-green color blindness Aliases: Deutan defect Deuteranopia Reduced red-green discrimination	ACE ACO2 ARSA CA4 CACNA2D4 CEL CHAT ELOVL4 FCGR3B G6PD GLDC HS6ST1 IL18R1 MBD4 NYX PARP9 PCYT1A SDHC SLC27A5 STS	1056 10998 1103 1636 2215 2539 2731 410 412 50 5130 60506 6391 6785 762 83666 8809 8930 93589 9394	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET
DOID:10591	pre-eclampsia Aliases: gestational hypertension hypertension induced by pregnancy pre-eclamptic toxaemia preeclampsia preeclampsia/eclampsia pregnancy associated hypertension pregnancy toxemia proteinuric hypertension of pregnancy toxaemia of pregnancy	ACE ACOT7 AKR1C3 ANXA5 ATP6AP2 CALR CHI3L1 COMT CYP11B1 CYP11B2 CYP19A1 CYP21A2 CYP24A1 CYP27B1 CYP2J2 CYP2R1 CYP3A5 EFNA1 ENPP1 GAPDH GPI GPX1 GPX3 HADHA HPGDS HSD11B1 HSD11B2 HSD3B1 HSD3B2 HSPG2 ICAM1 IL18R1 ISYNA1 LEP LEPR LGALS1 LIPC LPL MBL2 OGG1 OLR1 PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLA2G2A PLA2G6 PLAUR PLB1 PTGDS PTGS1 PTGS2 PYGM RBP4 RENBP SDC1 SELL SIRT4 SLC17A5 SLC2A1 TLR4 TNF VCAM1	10159 1116 11332 120227 1312 151056 1573 1577 1584 1585 1588 1589 1591 1594 1636 1942 23409 2597 26503 27306 2821 2876 2878 3030 308 3283 3284 3290 3291 3339 3383 3952 3953 3956 3990 4023 4153 4968 4973 51477 5167 5290 5291 5293 5294 5320 5329 5730 5742 5743 5837 5950 5973 6382 6402 6513 7099 7124 7412 811 8398 8644 8809	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:104	bacterial infectious disease	ACE ACOT7 AKR1C4 ALOX5 ANXA5 APRT ATP6AP2 CALR CAT CD14 CD1D CD55 CEACAM5 CEACAM6 CEL CH25H CHI3L1 CLEC7A COLEC11 CYP27B1 ENO1 FCN2 FCN3 HJV ICAM1 IL18R1 IL1RAP ITLN1 KL KLRD1 LYZ MASP1 MBL2 OGG1 PARP9 PIK3CA PIK3CB PIK3CD PIK3CG PLA2G10 PLA2G1B PLA2G2A PLA2G4A PLB1 PRKAA2 PTEN PTGS2 RENBP SDC1 SDC4 SIRT2 SLC27A5 SLC35A2 SLC5A1 SMUG1 STS TUSC3 XYLT2	10159 1048 1056 10998 1109 1116 11332 148738 151056 1594 1604 1636 2023 2220 22933 23583 240 308 3383 353 3556 3824 4069 412 4153 4680 4968 5290 5291 5293 5294 5319 5320 5321 55600 5563 5648 5728 5743 5973 6382 6385 64132 64581 6523 7355 78989 7991 811 83666 8399 847 8547 8809 9023 912 929 9365	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:12549	hepatitis A Aliases: Viral hepatitis, type A	ACE ACOT7 AKR1D1 ALDH2 CALR CAT CD1D COLGALT2 CYP19A1 CYP27A1 CYP2B6 CYP2C19 CYP2C9 CYP2E1 DLAT ECHS1 EXT1 FUT8 G6PD GOLPH3 GPC3 HAS1 HAS3 HPGDS KLRB1 KLRC1 KLRK1 LGALS1 LGALS3 LGALS9 MICA MRC1 NAMPT NCAM1 OGG1 PARP1 PARP2 PTGES PTGS2 SGMS1 SLC17A5 TIPARP TNF UGT1A1 UMOD	10038 100507436 10135 11332 142 1555 1557 1559 1571 1588 1593 1636 1737 1892 2131 217 22914 23127 2530 2539 259230 25976 26503 2719 27306 3036 3038 3820 3821 3956 3958 3965 4360 4684 4968 54658 5743 64083 6718 7124 7369 811 847 912 9536	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources
DOID:3328	temporal lobe epilepsy Aliases: epilepsy, temporal lobe	ACE ACOT7 ENO2 EPHX2 GAD1 GAD2 GLUL ICAM1 MGAT1 MICA NPY1R PLD1 PLD2 PRNP PTGS2 RGMA SC5D SEMA7A SMUG1	100507436 11332 1636 2026 2053 23583 2571 2572 2752 3383 4245 4886 5337 5338 5621 56963 5743 6309 8482	Homo sapiens (human)	DisGeNET Alliance of Genome Resources

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