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EED

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127Connections
30Hypotheses
0Analyses
50Outgoing
50Incoming
11Experiments
0Debates

Summary

EED is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: regulates, activates, interacts with. Associated with Als, Cancer, Inflammation. Connected to 23 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.

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🧬 Gene Info
Gene SymbolEED
Full NameEmbryonic Ectoderm Development
Chromosome11q14.2
Functionencodes a core scaffolding subunit of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2), the multisubunit complex responsible for trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 27 (H3K27me3).
PathwaysMapk, Microrna, Nf-Kb, Wnt
UniProt IDO75530
Ensembl IDENSG00000074266
OMIM605984
GeneCardsEED
Human Protein AtlasEED
Associated Diseasesneurodegeneration
InteractionsActin, ALZHEIMER, ALZHEIMER DISEASE, AMYLOID, , COMPLEMENT
KG Connections127 knowledge graph edges
DatabasesGeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING
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Wiki Pages (1)

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EED

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    EED["EED (gene)"]
    EZH2["EZH2"]
    PRC2["PRC2 Complex"]
    TNF["TNF-alpha"]
    IL6["IL-6"]
    NFKB["NF-kappaB Pathway"]
    PI3K["PI3K/AKT"]
    MAPK["MAPK Pathway"]
    WNT["Wnt Pathway"]
    CTNNB1["beta-catenin"]
    INFLAMMATION["Neuroinflammation"]
    ALS["ALS"]
    MICRORNAS["miRNAs"]
    NEURODEGENERATION["Neurodegeneration"]

    EZH2 -->|"forms complex"| PRC2
    EED -->|"core component"| PRC2
    PRC2 -->|"H3K27me3"| NEURODEGENERATION

    TNF -->|"upregulates"| EED
    IL6 -->|"upregulates"| EED
    INFLAMMATION -->|"activates"| EED
    EED -->|"promotes"| INFLAMMATION

    EED -->|"regulates"| NFKB
    NFKB -->|"feedback"| EED
    PI3K -->|"modulates"| EED
    EED -->|"controls"| MAPK

    EED -->|"suppresses"| WNT
    WNT -->|"regulates"| CTNNB1
    EED -->|"targets"| CTNNB1

    EED -->|"activates"| ALS
    MICRORNAS -->|"therapeutic target"| EED

    EED -->|"drives"| NEURODEGENERATION

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    style MICRORNAS fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4caf50
    style INFLAMMATION fill:#ef5350,stroke:#d32f2f
    style ALS fill:#7d4200,stroke:#f57c00
    style NEURODEGENERATION fill:#7d4200,stroke:#f57c00
    style PRC2 fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#9c27b0
    style NFKB fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#9c27b0

Outgoing (71)

TargetRelationTypeStr
oxidative stress responseparticipates_inpathway0.70
Alsactivatesdisease0.65
Cancerregulatesdisease0.65
Inflammationactivatesdisease0.65
Alzheimeractivatesdisease0.65

Incoming (56)

SourceRelationTypeStr
ALZHEIMER DISEASEassociated_withgene0.80
ANDassociated_withgene0.60
COMPLEMENTactivatesgene0.60
ALZHEIMER DISEASEactivatesgene0.60
PHAGOCYTOSISassociated_withgene0.60

Targeting Hypotheses (30)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
Closed-loop focused ultrasound targeting EC-II PV interneuro 0.863 Alzheimer's disease Circuit-level neural dynamics in neurode
miR-155/Interferon-gamma Feedback Loop as a Reversible Molec 0.843 neurodegeneration How do different microglial subtypes (DA
Closed-loop transcranial focused ultrasound targeting CA1 PV 0.797 Alzheimer's disease Circuit-level neural dynamics in neurode
H3: G3BP1 as Nucleation Hub for TDP-43/FUS Seeding 0.743 neurodegeneration How do pathological stress granules tran
Tau missorting transitions into an autonomous tau-seeding st 0.740 neurodegeneration Does tau dendritic missorting persist in
Seed-Proximal Asymmetric Duplex Stability Confers lncRNA-002 0.733 molecular neurobiology View
Cross-Seeding Prevention Strategy 0.689 neurodegeneration RNA binding protein dysregulation across
TREM2 R47H variant synergizes with APOE4 to collapse microgl 0.670 neuroscience APOE4-driven lipid metabolism dysregulat
Targeting Bacterial Curli Fibrils to Prevent α-Synuclein Cro 0.642 neurodegeneration What are the mechanisms by which gut mic
Seed match plus local RNA structure jointly determine lncRNA 0.640 molecular neurobiology How does lncRNA-0021 achieve sequence-sp
H7: mTOR Hyperactivity Blocks Autophagy, Permitting Tau Seed 0.640 neurodegeneration Entorhinal cortex layer II vulnerability
Autophagic Flux Enhancement Synergizes With Chaperones to Cl 0.640 protein folding Can chaperone enhancement approaches ove
C3aR Blockade Disrupts the Microglial-Astrocyte Feedforward 0.633 neuroinflammation What molecular mechanisms determine whet
CX3CR1 Agonism Enhances Microglial Phagocytosis of Extracell 0.630 neurodegeneration Investigate prion-like spreading of tau
Chaperone-Degradation Coupling Prevents Aggregate Persistenc 0.620 protein folding Can chaperone enhancement approaches ove
Tau Cross-Seeding and Interaction 0.610 neurodegeneration What mechanisms underlie TDP-43's contri
STING Antagonism Prevents Acute-to-Chronic Neuroinflammation 0.601 neuroinflammation What molecular mechanisms drive the tran
A post-trigger CDK5-dominant kinase feedback loop maintains 0.590 neurodegeneration Does tau dendritic missorting persist in
Peri-plaque tau seeding restraint via TREM2-competent microg 0.590 neurodegeneration Does the cancer-cystatin-C-TREM2 pathway
Autophagy-Epigenetic Feedback Loop Creates a Compounding Bio 0.583 - Epigenetic clocks as biomarkers for Alzh
APOE4 drives astrocyte metabolic reprogramming toward glycol 0.580 neuroscience APOE4-driven lipid metabolism dysregulat
NAD+/SARM1 Axis Provides Metabolic Feedback Coupling Mitopha 0.578 neurodegeneration How do different organelle-specific auto
Closed-loop transcranial focused ultrasound with real-time g 0.564 Alzheimer's disease Circuit-level neural dynamics in neurode
Real-time closed-loop transcranial focused ultrasound target 0.559 Alzheimer's disease Circuit-level neural dynamics in neurode
HSP70 Co-chaperone DNAJB6 Universal Cross-Seeding Inhibitor 0.544 neurodegeneration Protein aggregation cross-seeding across
Transient Chaperone Priming Prior to Seed Inoculation Preven 0.540 protein folding Can chaperone enhancement approaches ove
TREM2-dependent microglial phagocytosis of tau seeds 0.530 neurodegeneration Does the cancer-cystatin-C-TREM2 pathway
Soluble GAG-Mimetic Peptides Compete with HSPG for Tau Seed 0.510 neurodegeneration Investigate prion-like spreading of tau
Neuronal Hypersensitivity to Feedback Inhibition by p62/Sequ 0.495 neurodegeneration What mechanisms underlie neuronal resist
G3BP1-TDP-43 Cross-Seeding Drives Co-Aggregation That Prion- 0.490 neurodegeneration How do disease-associated mutations in G

Mentioning Analyses (0)

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Experiments (11)

Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity

ExperimentTypeDiseaseScoreFeasibilityModelStatusEst. Cost
Epigenetic clocks association with brain aging patterns in older women exploratory cognitive impairment and demen 0.900 0.00 human patients proposed N/A
TDP-43 mutant mouse model cGAS/STING pathway analysis validation amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 0.900 0.00 TDP-43 mutant mice proposed N/A
TDP-43 mitochondrial invasion and DNA release via mPTP exploratory amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 0.900 0.00 cultured cells proposed N/A
TDP-43 mitochondrial invasion and mtDNA release in iPSC motor neurons exploratory Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 0.900 0.00 iPSC-derived motor neurons proposed N/A
cGAS/STING pathway validation in TDP-43 mutant mice validation Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 0.850 0.00 TDP-43 mutant mice proposed N/A
cGAMP biomarker analysis in ALS patient spinal cord samples exploratory Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 0.800 0.00 Human ALS patient spinal cord proposed N/A
TDP-43 pathology prevalence and distribution in AD cases exploratory Alzheimer's disease 0.800 0.00 human postmortem brain tissue proposed N/A
Cognitive impact of TDP-43 pathology in AD patients clinical Alzheimer's disease 0.700 0.00 human patients proposed N/A
Proposed experiment from debate on TDP-43 undergoes liquid-liquid phas falsification Neurodegeneration 0.400 0.50 cell_line proposed $80,000
s:** - Single-cell RNA-seq to measure editing efficiency across differ falsification ALS 0.400 0.50 cell_line proposed $150,000
Alpha-Synuclein SAA Kinetics Study — Biological Staging Backbone for P clinical Parkinson's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $5,460,000

Related Papers (20)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMIDAuthorsJournalYearCitations
Autophagy and ALS: mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications. [PMID:34057020] Chua JP, De Calbiac H, Kabashi E, Barmad Autophagy 2022 2
TDP-43 Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease. [PMID:34930382] Meneses A, Koga S, O'Leary J, Dickson DW Mol Neurodegener 2021 2
Protein transmission in neurodegenerative disease. [PMID:32203399] Peng C, Trojanowski JQ, Lee VM Nat Rev Neurol 2020 2
TDP-43 Triggers Mitochondrial DNA Release via mPTP to Activate cGAS/STING in ALS [PMID:33031745] Yu CH, Davidson S, Harapas CR, Hilton JB Cell 2020 2
N protein of PEDV plays chess game with host proteins by selective autophagy. [PMID:36861818] Zhai X, Kong N, Zhang Y, Song Y, Qin W, Autophagy 2023 1
Role of Alpha-Synuclein in Frontotemporal Dementia: Narrative Review. [PMID:41827903] Bougea A Cells 2026 0
Changes in Circulating Levels of miR-30b During Minipuberty and Puberty in Girls [PMID:40899010] Albrechtsen HM, Saritas G, Winge SB, Mai J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2026 0
Epigenetics in chronic rhinosinusitis. [PMID:41442742] Kumar N, Brar T, Lal D Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Nec 2026 0
Extracellular vesicles in type 2 diabetes exhibit elevated miR-155 cargo and Ann [PMID:41786286] Jackson G, Islam H, de Souza Teixeira AA Life Sci 2026 0
Decoding microRNA-Protein Interaction Networks in Alzheimer's Disease: Molecular [PMID:41918207] Mishra R, Gupta JK Curr Alzheimer Res 2026 0
Di-2-ethylhexylphthalate-induced miR155-5P promotes placental ferroptosis. [PMID:41937013] Gu X, Sun F, Li Y, Yang S, Li Y Int J Biol Macromol 2026 0
Extracellular Vesicles in Obesity: From Pathophysiological Mediators to Therapeu [PMID:41977323] Pavlović N, Todorović P, Maglica M, Kopi Int J Mol Sci 2026 0
The Genetics of TDP-43 Type C Neurodegeneration: A Whole-Genome Sequencing Study [PMID:41883703] Nassan M, Ayala I, Sloan J, Bonfitto A, Neurology. Genetics 2026 0
Computational examination of magainin-I-KL mediated disruption of E. coli biofil [PMID:41724836] Vinutha AS, Akshay S, Sree Agash SG, Cha Archives of microbiology 2026 0
Antisense oligonucleotide targeting TARDBP-EGFR splicing axis inhibits progressi [PMID:41540015] Ni N, Wang M, Yuan Z, Zhang L, Cai J, Du International journal of oral 2026 0
The cytoplasmic protein YedX is a potent inhibitor of CsgA amyloid assembly in E [PMID:41581877] Gurnani B, Jain N The Journal of biological chem 2026 0
Decoding microRNA-Protein Interaction Networks in Alzheimer's Disease: Molecular [PMID:41918207] Mishra R, Gupta JK Current Alzheimer research 2026 0
Biofluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative dementias [PMID:41639575] Zetterberg H, Bendlin BB Nature 2026 0
Correction: Antisense oligonucleotide targeting TARDBP-EGFR splicing axis inhibi [PMID:41775718] Ni Nan; Wang Moxu; Yuan Zhiran; Zhang Le International journal of oral 2026 0
Biofilm-Associated Amyloid Proteins Linked with the Progression of Neurodegenera [PMID:40141340] Singh AA, Khan F, Song M International journal of molec 2025 0

Debates (0)

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Related Research

Hypotheses and analyses mentioning EED in their description or question text

Seed-Proximal Asymmetric Duplex Stability Confers lncRNA-0021/miR-6361 Binding S

Score: 0.733 · molecular neurobiology · 2026-04-17

**Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The lncRNA-0021/miR-6361 interaction represents a sophisticated regulatory mechan

Cross-Seeding Prevention Strategy

Score: 0.689 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-02

## Mechanistic Overview Cross-Seeding Prevention Strategy starts from the claim that modulating TARDBP within the diseas

TREM2 R47H variant synergizes with APOE4 to collapse microglial lipid clearance

Score: 0.670 · neuroscience · 2026-04-22

## **Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The proposed mechanism centers on a catastrophic convergence of lipid homeosta

Targeting Bacterial Curli Fibrils to Prevent α-Synuclein Cross-Seeding

Score: 0.642 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-02

## Mechanistic Overview Targeting Bacterial Curli Fibrils to Prevent α-Synuclein Cross-Seeding starts from the claim tha

Seed match plus local RNA structure jointly determine lncRNA-0021 binding to mmu

Score: 0.640 · molecular neurobiology · 2026-04-25

The most likely explanation is a two-factor recognition mechanism: a canonical miRNA seed-complementary site in lncRNA-0

H7: mTOR Hyperactivity Blocks Autophagy, Permitting Tau Seeding

Score: 0.640 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-22

**Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) serves as a critical cellu

Autophagic Flux Enhancement Synergizes With Chaperones to Clear High-Molecular-W

Score: 0.640 · protein folding · 2026-04-22

**Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The proposed therapeutic strategy exploits the complementary relationship between

C3aR Blockade Disrupts the Microglial-Astrocyte Feedforward Neurotoxic Loop

Score: 0.633 · neuroinflammation · 2026-04-14

## **Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The complement cascade represents a critical immune surveillance system within

CX3CR1 Agonism Enhances Microglial Phagocytosis of Extracellular Tau Seeds, Prev

Score: 0.630 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-22

## Mechanistic Overview CX3CR1 Agonism Enhances Microglial Phagocytosis of Extracellular Tau Seeds, Preventing Template-

Chaperone-Degradation Coupling Prevents Aggregate Persistence by Shunting Seeds

Score: 0.620 · protein folding · 2026-04-22

**Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The chaperone-degradation coupling hypothesis centers on the critical interaction

Tau Cross-Seeding and Interaction

Score: 0.610 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-21

## Mechanistic Overview Tau Cross-Seeding and Interaction starts from the claim that modulating MAPT within the disease

STING Antagonism Prevents Acute-to-Chronic Neuroinflammation Transition via Inte

Score: 0.601 · neuroinflammation · 2026-04-15

## Mechanistic Overview STING Antagonism Prevents Acute-to-Chronic Neuroinflammation Transition via Interruption of IFN-

A post-trigger CDK5-dominant kinase feedback loop maintains dendritic phospho-ta

Score: 0.590 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-25

Transient Aβ exposure activates local kinase programs, especially CDK5/p25 and possibly GSK3β, that keep tau phosphoryla

Peri-plaque tau seeding restraint via TREM2-competent microglia

Score: 0.590 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-25

TREM2-activated microglia limit neuritic plaque tau spread around amyloid plaques through enhanced phagocytosis of extra

Autophagy-Epigenetic Feedback Loop Creates a Compounding Biomarker Signal — Auto

Score: 0.583 · unknown disease · 2026-04-25

Concise Statement: Progressive failure of autophagy flux in AD neurons produces a cascading epigenetic feedback loop —