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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about CALR: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
CALR is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, expressed in, associated with. Associated with Als, Cancer, Ms. Connected to 26 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
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| Gene Symbol | CALR |
| Full Name | Calreticulin |
| Chromosome | 19p13.2 |
| Function | Calreticulin performs several essential cellular functions: |
| Subcellular Localization | the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Calreticulin is essential for calcium homeostasis, protein quality control, and cellular |
| Molecular Weight | 48 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 417 aa |
| Pathways | Pyroptosis |
| UniProt ID | [P27797](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P27797) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000179218 |
| GeneCards | CALR |
| Human Protein Atlas | CALR |
| Associated Diseases | ALS, dementia, frontotemporal, Ms, neurodegeneration, Tumor |
| Interactions | AND, APAF1, APOPTOSIS, CANCER, CANX, GSDME |
| KG Connections | 70 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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CALR["CALR"]
Tumor{"Tumor"}
CALR -->|"associated with"| Tumor
Ms{"Ms"}
CALR -->|"associated with"| Ms
Cancer{"Cancer"}
CALR -->|"activates"| Cancer
CALR -->|"activates"| Tumor
CALR -->|"activates"| Ms
Als{"Als"}
CALR -->|"expressed in"| Als
CALR -->|"expressed in"| Cancer
Apoptosis(["Apoptosis"])
CALR -->|"contributes to"| Apoptosis
GSDME["GSDME"]
CALR -->|"activates"| GSDME
CALR -->|"therapeutic target"| Apoptosis
Pyroptosis(["Pyroptosis"])
CALR -->|"activates"| Pyroptosis
S100A6["S100A6"]
CALR -->|"associated with"| S100A6
WLS["WLS"]
WLS -->|"interacts with"| CALR
BCL2["BCL2"]
BCL2 -->|"regulates"| CALR
PYROPTOSIS["PYROPTOSIS"]
PYROPTOSIS -->|"activates"| CALR
style CALR fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| benchmark_ot_ad_answer_key:CALR | data_in | dataset_row | 0.00 |
| ds-83b31ef18d49 | provides_data_for | dataset | 1.00 |
| Als | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Myeloma | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Necroptosis | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| IL-1B | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Immune Response | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| VCP | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Raf | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| Il-1 | inhibits | protein | 0.60 |
| GR | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSP70 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSPA1A | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSPA8 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SQSTM1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| STUB1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RIPK1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFSF10 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PAH | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANX | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PYCARD | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| APAF1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Rb | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| JAK2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 0.60 |
| GASDERMIN | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| frontotemporal | associated_with | disease | 0.60 |
| ROS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALS | associated_with | disease | 0.60 |
| dementia | associated_with | disease | 0.60 |
| HSC70 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK-STAT signaling | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| oxidative stress response | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| GSDME | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| S100A6 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| PRDX5 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CTSD | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | contributes_to | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| benchmark_ot_ad_answer_key:CALR | data_in | dataset_row | 0.00 |
| ds-83b31ef18d49 | data_in | dataset | 1.00 |
| Celastrol | upregulates | compound | 0.85 |
| WLS | interacts_with | protein | 0.70 |
| BAG3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PYROPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BAG3 | co_expressed_with | gene | 0.50 |
| C1Q complex | related_to | mechanism | 0.50 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
molecular biology | 2026-04-17 | 10 hypotheses Top: 0.455
Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity
| Experiment | Type | Disease | Score | Feasibility | Model | Status | Est. Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No experiments found | |||||||
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||
Multi-agent debates referencing this entity