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Insulin/IGF metabolic signaling

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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about Insulin/IGF metabolic signaling: 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.

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Incoming (2)

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PLIN2participates_ingene0.47
HK2participates_ingene0.44

Targeting Hypotheses (2)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
Metabolic Switch Targeting for A1→A2 Repolarization 0.726 neurodegeneration Astrocyte reactivity subtypes in neurode
Metabolic Circuit Breaker via Lipid Droplet Modulation 0.709 neurodegeneration Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk amplificat

Mentioning Analyses (2)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk amplification loops in neurodegeneration

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-01 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.729

Astrocyte reactivity subtypes in neurodegeneration

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-01 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.741

Experiments (10)

Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity

ExperimentTypeDiseaseScoreFeasibilityModelStatusEst. Cost
Proposed experiment from debate on Astrocytes adopt A1 (neurotoxic) an falsification Neurodegeneration 0.400 0.50 cell_line completed $100,000
Proposed experiment from debate on Microglia activate astrocytes via I falsification Neuroinflammation 0.400 0.50 cell_line completed $80,000
Metabolic Pathway-Targeted Therapy in ALS clinical ALS 0.400 0.50 human proposed $6,550,000
Astrocyte Ferritin Iron Metabolism Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease clinical Parkinson's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $6,550,000
GLP-1 Agonist Responder Prediction Study — Precision Medicine for Neur clinical Neurodegeneration 0.400 0.50 human proposed $5,460,000
Metabolic Syndrome-Parkinson's Disease Axis Clinical Trial clinical Parkinson's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $5,460,000
Cytochrome Therapeutics clinical Parkinson's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $5,460,000
Lipid Droplet-Lysosome Axis Therapeutic Testing in Parkinson's Disease clinical Parkinson's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $5,460,000
Peroxisomal Dysfunction Validation in Parkinson's Disease validation Parkinson's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $2,280,000
Peroxisome Dysfunction Validation in Parkinson's Disease clinical Parkinson's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $6,550,000

Related Papers (20)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMIDAuthorsJournalYearCitations
HK1 and HK2 Beyond Glycolysis: Mitochondrial Interactions and Dual Roles in Meta [PMID:41387352] Pesce NA, Seminara G, Giarrusso G, Tomas Adv Biol (Weinh) 2026 1
Glucose Metabolic Reprogramming in Microglia: Implications for Neurodegenerative [PMID:39987285] Fang M, Zhou Y, He K, Lu Y, Tao F, Huang Mol Neurobiol 2025 1
Hexokinase 2-mediated metabolic stress and inflammation burden of liver macropha [PMID:40014451] Li J, Chen X, Song S, Jiang W, Geng T, W Cell Rep 2025 1
Glycolytic enzyme PFKL governs lipolysis by promoting lipid droplet-mitochondria [PMID:38773347] Meng Y, Guo D, Lin L, Zhao H, Xu W, Luo Nat Metab 2024 1
The PI3K/Akt Pathway and Glucose Metabolism: A Dangerous Liaison in Cancer. [PMID:38904014] Fontana F, Giannitti G, Marchesi S, Limo Int J Biol Sci 2024 1
Lipid accumulation drives cellular senescence in dopaminergic neurons. [PMID:39033779] Russo T, Riessland M Aging (Albany NY) 2024 1
Parallel CRISPR-Cas9 screens identify mechanisms of PLIN2 and lipid droplet regu [PMID:37494933] Roberts MA, Deol KK, Mathiowetz AJ, Lang Dev Cell 2023 1
Comprehensive single-cell transcriptional profiling defines shared and unique ep [PMID:36265491] Li H, Dixon EE, Wu H, Humphreys BD Cell Metab 2022 1
Metabolic phenotype of bladder cancer. [PMID:26975021] Massari F, Ciccarese C, Santoni M, Iacov Cancer Treat Rev 2016 1
Novel mechanisms of dietary folic acid in improving hepatopancreas health of gra [PMID:41871815] Wang Y, Feng L, Dan Jiang W, Wu P, Liu Y The Journal of nutritional bio 2026 0
African swine fever virus hijacks lipolysis induced by chaperone-mediated autoph [PMID:41801037] ["Yang X", "Xiong X", "Liu H", "Wen X", mBio 2026 0
Carotid plaque macrophage burden and inflammatory lipid-associated macrophage ma [PMID:41758068] ["Prange K", "Bel-Bordes G", "Depuydt M" European heart journal 2026 0
Lipophagy fuels phosphatidylcholine synthesis for Newcastle disease virus replic [PMID:41810751] ["Yang M", "Chen J", "Su X", "Kan X", "T Autophagy 2026 0
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Shapes the Lipotoxic Response of Colon Cancer [PMID:41831570] Vari F, Serra I, Bisconti E, Stanca E, R Molecular & cellular proteomic 2026 0
Serum Perilipin-2 as a Novel Biomarker for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Association [PMID:41827192] Sagcan G, Uzun H Journal of clinical medicine 2026 0
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor impairs HK2-controlled flux of the hexosamine biosynth [PMID:40582563] Li S, Zhu J, Song J, Yang L, Gong Y et a J Adv Res 2026 0
PCDHGC3 silencing promotes clear cell renal cell carcinoma metastasis via mTOR/H [PMID:41888110] Celada L, Cubiella T, San-Juan-Guardado Cell death & disease 2026 0
HDAC3 mediates retinal endothelial cell metabolic reprogramming and angiogenesis [PMID:41023273] Mitchell CD, Morris CA, Wild M, Cunningh Acta Pharmacol Sin 2026 0
Hypoxia-Induced Histone Lactylation Promotes Ferroptosis in Cardiomyocytes via t [PMID:41229334] Zhu XH, Hou JW, Lv ZY, Sun MH, Zhang XY Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2026 0
Granzyme B knockdown inhibits NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis and the JAK2/STAT3 signa [PMID:41447776] Wang M, Chen D, Zhang D, Han H, Xie M et Tissue Cell 2026 0

Debates (2)

Multi-agent debates referencing this entity

Astrocyte reactivity subtypes in neurodegeneration

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.95 · 2026-04-10

Microglia activate astrocytes via IL-1alpha/TNF/C1q, and reactive astrocytes fee

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.90 · 2026-04-06

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