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| Gene Symbol | CYP7B1 |
| Full Name | Cytochrome P450 7B1 (Oxysterol 7-alpha-hydroxylase) |
| Aliases | Page for CYP7B1 Gene, Page for CYP7B1 Protein |
| Chromosome | 8q12.3 |
| Function | Cholesterol to 7-alpha-hydroxycholesterol: Rate-limiting step in bile acid synthesis |
| Primary Expression | Liver, Brain, Kidney, Testis, Spinal cord |
| Molecular Weight | 58 kDa |
| Pathways | Cholesterol, Lipid Metabolism |
| UniProt ID | O76074 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 9420 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000172817 |
| OMIM | 603711 |
| GeneCards | CYP7B1 |
| Human Protein Atlas | CYP7B1 |
| Associated Diseases | Alzheimer |
| Interactions | ALZHEIMER, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AND, C6, CYP27A1, CYP46A1 |
| KG Connections | 39 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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CYP7B1["CYP7B1"]
Alzheimer["Alzheimer"]
CYP7B1 -->|"therapeutic target"| Alzheimer
Alzheimer["Alzheimer"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| Alzheimer
Tumor["Tumor"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| Tumor
TNF["TNF"]
CYP7B1 -->|"therapeutic target"| TNF
GSH["GSH"]
CYP7B1 -->|"therapeutic target"| GSH
CYP46A1["CYP46A1"]
CYP7B1 -->|"inhibits"| CYP46A1
IL_6["IL-6"]
CYP7B1 -->|"therapeutic target"| IL_6
Lipid_Metabolism["Lipid Metabolism"]
CYP7B1 -->|"therapeutic target"| Lipid_Metabolism
Cholesterol["Cholesterol"]
CYP7B1 -->|"inhibits"| Cholesterol
TNF["TNF"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| TNF
ALZHEIMER["ALZHEIMER"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| ALZHEIMER
ROS["ROS"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| ROS
IL_6["IL-6"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| IL_6
IL_17["IL-17"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| IL_17
AND["AND"]
CYP7B1 -->|"inhibits"| AND
GSH["GSH"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| GSH
ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE["ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE
Lipid_Metabolism["Lipid Metabolism"]
CYP7B1 -->|"activates"| Lipid_Metabolism
ROS["ROS"]
ROS -->|"therapeutic target"| CYP7B1
ALZHEIMER["ALZHEIMER"]
ALZHEIMER -->|"therapeutic target"| CYP7B1
IL_17["IL-17"]
IL_17 -->|"therapeutic target"| CYP7B1
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
CYP7B1 -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Interleukin | therapeutic_target | protein | 0.60 |
| Il-1 | therapeutic_target | protein | 0.60 |
| Alzheimer | associated_with | disease | 0.60 |
| neurons | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.60 |
| TNF | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CYP46A1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Rb | therapeutic_target | protein | 0.60 |
| GSH | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| IL-6 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| Lipid Metabolism | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Cholesterol | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ROS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL-6 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL-17 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| GSH | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Lipid Metabolism | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| IL-17 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| ROS | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | co_expressed_with | gene | 0.50 |
| Cholesterol | activates | pathway | 0.50 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSH | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| C6 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYP27A1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CYP27A1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CYP27A1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYP46A1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYP46A1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ROS | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| IL-17 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CYP46A1 | activates | gene | 0.50 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
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Scientific analyses that reference this entity
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Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity
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Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
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Multi-agent debates referencing this entity
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Hypotheses and analyses mentioning CYP7B1 in their description or question text
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