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PROTEIN MISFOLDING

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50Incoming

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0Debates

Summary

PROTEIN MISFOLDING is a concept in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: associated with, regulates, activates. Associated with Aging, Als, Alzheimer. Connected to 224 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.

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💡 Concept Info

Name	PROTEIN MISFOLDING
Key Genes/Proteins	AGING, AKT, ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN, ALS, ALZHEIMER, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Related Diseases	Aging, Als, Alzheimer, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Related Pathways	Amyloid

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING["PROTEIN MISFOLDING"]
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING -->|"causes"| Alzheimer_s_disease["Alzheimer's disease"]
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING -->|"causes"| Parkinson_s_disease["Parkinson's disease"]
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING -->|"causes"| Huntington_s_disease["Huntington's disease"]
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING -->|"causes"| cystic_fibrosis["cystic fibrosis"]
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING -->|"causes"| ALS["ALS"]
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING -->|"interacts"| Als["Als"]
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING -->|"regulates"| Ms["Ms"]
    PROTEIN_MISFOLDING -->|"inhibits"| Parkinson["Parkinson"]
    advanced_glycation_end_product["advanced glycation end products"] -->|"activates"| PROTEIN_MISFOLDING
    molecular_chaperones["molecular chaperones"] -.protects against.-> PROTEIN_MISFOLDING
    pharmacological_chaperones["pharmacological chaperones"] -.protects against.-> PROTEIN_MISFOLDING
    TUDCA["TUDCA"] -.protects against.-> PROTEIN_MISFOLDING
    APOPTOSIS["APOPTOSIS"] -->|"causes"| PROTEIN_MISFOLDING
    NEURODEGENERATION["NEURODEGENERATION"] -->|"causes"| PROTEIN_MISFOLDING
    NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISEASES["NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES"] -->|"causes"| PROTEIN_MISFOLDING

Outgoing (293)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Alzheimer's Disease	drives	disease	0.95
Neurodegenerative Diseases	causes	disease	0.95
NEURODEGENERATION	contributes_to	process	0.95
Neurodegenerative Diseases	contributes_to	disease	0.95
Neurodegenerative Disease	contributes_to	disease	0.95
Alzheimer's Disease	contributes_to	disease	0.91
ALS	associated_with	gene	0.90
Therapeutic Targets	involved_in	mechanism	0.90
intercellular transmission	promotes	process	0.90
alzheimer_disease	contributes_to	disease	0.90
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	contributes_to	disease	0.90
Parkinson's Disease Neurodegeneration	contributes_to	process	0.90
Motor Neuron Degeneration	contributes_to	phenotype	0.85
Parkinson's Disease	contributes_to	disease	0.85
Apoptosis	contributes_to	process	0.80
Neurodegeneration	activates	disease	0.75
Als	associated_with	disease	0.75
Neurodegeneration	biomarker_for	disease	0.75
Als	activates	disease	0.75
MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION	associated_with	gene	0.70
Oxidative Stress	activates	pathway	0.70
ALS	causes	disease	0.70
Oxidative Stress	associated_with	pathway	0.70
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES	interacts_with	gene	0.70
neurodegeneration	promotes	process	0.70
Alzheimer's disease	causes	disease	0.70
Parkinson's disease	causes	disease	0.70
Huntington's disease	causes	disease	0.70
cystic fibrosis	causes	disease	0.70
Alzheimer	protects_against	disease	0.65
Neurodegeneration	protects_against	disease	0.65
Ataxia	treats	disease	0.65
Parkinson	treats	disease	0.65
Aging	treats	disease	0.65
Dementia	treats	disease	0.65
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	biomarker_for	disease	0.65
Neurodegeneration	inhibits	disease	0.65
Als	treats	disease	0.65
Inflammation	inhibits	disease	0.65
Huntington	causes	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	causes	disease	0.65
Parkinson	causes	disease	0.65
Ms	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Fibrosis	causes	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	associated_with	disease	0.65
Neuroinflammation	inhibits	disease	0.65
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	treats	disease	0.65
Insulin Resistance	inhibits	disease	0.65
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	associated_with	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	activates	disease	0.65

Incoming (222)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
ALS	associated_with	disease	0.95
Alzheimer'S	associated_with	disease	0.95
Autophagy	involved_in	pathway	0.95
L444P variant	causes	biomarker	0.90
C9ORF72	causes	gene	0.90
OXIDATIVE STRESS	critical_for	process	0.90
ALS	causes	disease	0.90
FUS	causes	gene	0.90
SOD1	causes	gene	0.90
TARDBP	causes	gene	0.90
Autophagy	inhibits	process	0.90
Ages	promotes	compound	0.85
Advanced Glycation End Products	contributes_to	compound	0.85
Pathological Seeds	biomarker_for	biomarker	0.85
Autophagy	regulates	pathway	0.85
ubiquitin-proteasome	mediates	pathway	0.80
oxidative stress response	mediates	pathway	0.80
autophagy pathway	mediates	pathway	0.80
apoptosis pathway	mediates	pathway	0.70
TAU	inhibits	protein	0.70
NEURODEGENERATION	biomarker_for	gene	0.70
advanced glycation end products	activates	process	0.70
TUDCA	protects_against	drug	0.70
OXIDATIVE STRESS	associated_with	gene	0.70
molecular chaperones	protects_against	protein	0.70
pharmacological chaperones	protects_against	drug	0.70
FUS	regulates	gene	0.65
TAU	causes	protein	0.65
CELL SURVIVAL	protects_against	phenotype	0.65
TDP-43	interacts_with	gene	0.65
ALS	interacts_with	gene	0.60
CELL SURVIVAL	stabilizes	phenotype	0.60
NEURODEGENERATION	associated_with	gene	0.60
ATG3	associated_with	gene	0.60
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES	associated_with	gene	0.60
SQSTM1	associated_with	gene	0.60
LC3B	associated_with	gene	0.60
BECN1	associated_with	gene	0.60
SCA3	associated_with	gene	0.60
NEURODEGENERATION	inhibits	gene	0.60
INSULIN RESISTANCE	inhibits	gene	0.60
OXIDATIVE STRESS	inhibits	gene	0.60
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS	activates	gene	0.60
ALS	contributes_to	gene	0.60
SOD1	activates	gene	0.60
NEUROINFLAMMATION	activates	gene	0.60
TNF-Α	activates	gene	0.60
HUNTINGTON	activates	gene	0.60
PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES	activates	gene	0.60
IL-6	activates	gene	0.60

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