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LIPID DROPLETS

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38Connections

1Hypotheses

0Analyses

19Outgoing

19Incoming

0Experiments

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💡 Concept Info

Name	LIPID DROPLETS

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    LIPID_DROPLETS["LIPID DROPLETS"]
    LIPID_DROPLETS -->|"inhibits"| Microglial_Phagocytosis["Microglial Phagocytosis"]
    LIPID_DROPLETS -->|"mediates"| Microglial_Dysfunction["Microglial Dysfunction"]
    LIPID_DROPLETS -.protects against.-> Lipotoxicity["Lipotoxicity"]
    LIPID_DROPLETS -->|"implicated in"| PARKINSON_S_DISEASE["PARKINSON'S DISEASE"]
    LIPID_DROPLETS -->|"expressed in"| Dopaminergic_Neurons["Dopaminergic Neurons"]
    LIPID_DROPLETS -->|"contributes to"| TREM1["TREM1"]
    LIPID_DROPLETS -->|"correlates_with"| Autolysosomes["Autolysosomes"]
    PLIN2["PLIN2"] -->|"regulates"| LIPID_DROPLETS
    impaired_lipophagy["impaired lipophagy"] -->|"causes"| LIPID_DROPLETS
    Microglia["Microglia"] -->|"expressed in"| LIPID_DROPLETS
    TREM2_p_Q33X_mutation["TREM2 p.Q33X mutation"] -->|"inhibits"| LIPID_DROPLETS
    APOE4["APOE4"] -->|"activates"| LIPID_DROPLETS
    OPTN["OPTN"] -->|"regulates"| LIPID_DROPLETS

Outgoing (19)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Microglial Phagocytosis	inhibits	process	0.95
Microglial Dysfunction	mediates	phenotype	0.90
Porcine Embryos	associated_with	cell_type	0.90
lipotoxicity	suppresses	phenotype	0.88
Lipotoxicity	protects_against	phenotype	0.85
Dopaminergic Neurons	expressed_in	cell_type	0.85
Dopaminergic Neurons	associated_with	cell_type	0.85
Nafld	associated_with	disease	0.85
PARKINSON'S DISEASE	implicated_in	entity	0.85
Ferroptosis	regulates	process	0.85
Autolysosomes	correlates_with	cell_type	0.80
TREM1	associated_with	protein	0.80
TREM1	causes	protein	0.80
Dengue Virus Replication	involved_in	process	0.80
autophagy	inhibits	process	0.70
hepatic lipidosis	associated_with	disease	0.70
Alzheimer's disease	associated_with	disease	0.70
Aβ phagocytosis	inhibits	process	0.70
BECN1	inhibits	protein	0.70

Incoming (19)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
PLIN2	regulates	entity	0.95
SQSTM1	binds	protein	0.95
PLIN2	associated_with	protein	0.92
impaired lipophagy	causes	phenotype	0.90
Microglia	associated_with	cell_type	0.90
Border-Associated Macrophages	associated_with	cell_type	0.90
PLIN2	regulates	gene	0.90
Microglia	expressed_in	cell_type	0.90
TREM2 p.Q33X mutation	inhibits	gene	0.80
microglia	expresses	cell_type	0.70
aging	activates	process	0.70
AMPK	regulates	protein	0.70
NBR1	recognizes	protein	0.70
OPTN	regulates	protein	0.70
PLIN2	biomarker_for	protein	0.70
APOE4	activates	protein	0.70
LC3	interacts_with	protein	0.70
autophagy	inhibits	process	0.70
tauopathy	causes	disease	0.70

Targeting Hypotheses (1)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
PLIN2 (Perilipin-2) Degradation via Autophagy Activation to	0.535	lipidomics	Lipid metabolism dysregulation in Alzhei

Mentioning Analyses (0)

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Experiments (0)

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Related Research

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