Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
TLR2
Associated Variants
TLR2 MUTATION
TLR2 MUTATION
Associated Disease
Hypertensive disease
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Candesartan cilexetil, a drug approved for treating hypertension and that inhibits the expression of TLR2, reversed the activated proinflammatory phenotype of primary microglia exposed to oligomeric α-synuclein, supporting the possibility of repurposing this drug for synucleinopathies.
Pubmed
25969543
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_3/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
3
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
5
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00108576748832121
Drugs