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Infection

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50Incoming

0Experiments

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Disease Info

Prognosis	Correlation between periodontal burden and AD progression
Cohort	200 AD patients with moderate periodontitis
Periodontal assessment	Pocket depth, bleeding on probing, P. gingivalis PCR
AD biomarkers	CSF Aβ42, total tau, phosphorylated tau
Inflammatory markers	IL-6, TNF-α, CRP in serum and CSF
Design	Randomized, sham-controlled, double-blind
Intervention	Intensive periodontal therapy (scaling/root planing) + chlorhexidine
Control	Sham periodontal treatment
Associated Genes	AGING, AIM2, AKT, ALDH2, ALS, ALZHEIMER, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AMYLOID
KG Connections	1599 knowledge graph edges
Databases	OMIM Orphanet ClinicalTrials PubMed

Wiki Pages (4)

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Canonical Page

Viral Infections and Alzheimer's Disease — causal mechanisms and therapeutic implications

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    Infection["Infection"]
    Autophagy["Autophagy"]
    Infection -->|"regulates"| Autophagy
    Als{"Als"}
    Infection -->|"regulates"| Als
    Viral_Infection{"Viral Infection"}
    Infection -->|"activates"| Viral_Infection
    Inflammation{"Inflammation"}
    Infection -->|"activates"| Inflammation
    Autoimmune{"Autoimmune"}
    Infection -->|"activates"| Autoimmune
    AUTOPHAGY(["AUTOPHAGY"])
    AUTOPHAGY -->|"regulates"| Infection
    APOPTOSIS(["APOPTOSIS"])
    APOPTOSIS -->|"regulates"| Infection
    CANCER(["CANCER"])
    CANCER -->|"regulates"| Infection
    DNA(["DNA"])
    DNA -->|"regulates"| Infection
    style Infection fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#ef5350,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0

Outgoing (519)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Immune Response	activates	pathway	1.00
Inflammation	activates	disease	1.00
Aging	associated_with	disease	1.00
Autoimmune	activates	disease	1.00
Immune Response	causes	pathway	1.00
Parkinson	associated_with	disease	1.00
Inflammation	treats	disease	1.00
Adaptive Immunity	regulates	pathway	1.00
Als	associated_with	disease	1.00
Viral Infection	associated_with	disease	1.00
Hepatitis	associated_with	disease	1.00
Inflammation	associated_with	disease	1.00
Inflammation	inhibits	disease	1.00
Als	regulates	disease	1.00
Autophagy	regulates	pathway	1.00
Apoptosis	activates	pathway	1.00
Alzheimer	associated_with	disease	1.00
Inflammation	therapeutic_target	disease	1.00
Als	causes	disease	1.00
Immune Response	associated_with	pathway	1.00
Autophagy	associated_with	pathway	1.00
Nf-Κb	activates	pathway	1.00
Alzheimer	activates	disease	1.00
Viral Infection	therapeutic_target	disease	1.00
Neurodegeneration	regulates	disease	1.00
Immune Response	regulates	pathway	1.00
Inflammation	regulates	disease	1.00
Sepsis	causes	disease	1.00
Mapk	activates	pathway	1.00
Inflammasome	activates	pathway	1.00
Carcinoma	associated_with	disease	1.00
Inflammation	causes	disease	1.00
Innate Immunity	activates	pathway	1.00
Als	treats	disease	1.00
Als	activates	disease	1.00
Neurodegeneration	activates	disease	1.00
Cancer	associated_with	disease	1.00
Mtor	activates	pathway	1.00
Autophagy	activates	pathway	1.00
Neurodegeneration	associated_with	disease	1.00
Viral Infection	activates	disease	1.00
Als	therapeutic_target	disease	1.00
Oxidative Stress	associated_with	pathway	1.00
Differentiation	regulates	pathway	1.00
Apoptosis	regulates	pathway	1.00
Immune Response	therapeutic_target	pathway	1.00
Autophagy	therapeutic_target	pathway	1.00
Als	expressed_in	disease	0.95
Als	inhibits	disease	0.95
Bacterial Infection	activates	disease	0.95

Incoming (1093)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
CYTOKINES	regulates	gene	1.00
INFLAMMATION	inhibits	gene	1.00
Cancer	associated_with	disease	1.00
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE	activates	gene	1.00
MTOR	activates	gene	1.00
ERK	activates	gene	1.00
NEURODEGENERATION	associated_with	gene	1.00
LYSOSOME	activates	gene	1.00
P38	activates	gene	1.00
STING	activates	gene	1.00
TNF	activates	gene	1.00
NEURODEGENERATION	activates	gene	1.00
AUTOPHAGY	therapeutic_target	gene	1.00
Cancer	regulates	disease	1.00
GENES	regulates	gene	1.00
IFN	activates	gene	1.00
P62	activates	gene	1.00
ASTROCYTES	activates	gene	1.00
DNA	causes	gene	1.00
APOPTOSIS	activates	gene	1.00
PI3K	activates	gene	1.00
CGAS-STING	activates	gene	1.00
CGAS	activates	gene	1.00
ATP	activates	gene	1.00
AUTOPHAGY	activates	gene	1.00
MITOCHONDRIA	activates	gene	1.00
INFLAMMATION	treats	gene	1.00
UBIQUITIN	activates	gene	1.00
CANCER	causes	gene	1.00
Tumor	activates	disease	1.00
CYTOKINES	activates	gene	1.00
DNA	associated_with	gene	1.00
PARKINSON	associated_with	gene	1.00
INFLAMMATION	regulates	gene	1.00
Cancer	activates	disease	1.00
LC3	activates	gene	1.00
DNA	activates	gene	1.00
MICROGLIA	activates	gene	1.00
CYTOKINES	associated_with	gene	1.00
INFLAMMATION	causes	gene	1.00
INFLAMMATION	therapeutic_target	gene	1.00
STAT3	activates	gene	1.00
CANCER	associated_with	gene	1.00
NF-ΚB	activates	gene	1.00
GENES	activates	gene	1.00
VIRAL INFECTIONS	associated_with	gene	1.00
GENES	associated_with	gene	1.00
AUTOPHAGY	associated_with	gene	1.00
NEURODEGENERATION	regulates	gene	1.00
Tumor	associated_with	disease	1.00

Targeting Hypotheses (0)

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Experiments (0)

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