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RNA

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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about RNA: 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.

5229Connections
30Hypotheses
11Analyses
50Outgoing
50Incoming
17Experiments
14Debates

Summary

Page for RNA Binding Fox-1 Homolog 2 (RBFOX2)

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🧬 Gene Info
Gene SymbolRNA
AliasesRBFOX2, RBFOX3, RBFOX1
Chromosome22q12.3
Primary Expressionhippocampus, spinal cord, cortex, cerebellum, prefrontal cortex
Pathwaysunfolded protein response, ferroptosis, PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling, ubiquitin-proteasome, apoptosis pathway
GeneCardsRNA
Human Protein AtlasRNA
Associated Diseasesaging, Als, Alzheimer, Alzheimer's disease
Known Drugs/Compoundsdimethyl fumarate, ketamine, lecanemab, levodopa, quercetin, rapamycin
InteractionsABCA7, ABCB1, ACLY, ACTB, Actin, ACVR2A
KG Connections5227 knowledge graph edges
DatabasesGeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING

Wiki Pages (21)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

Canonical Page

RNA Therapeutics for Neurodegeneration Investment Landscape

investment · 3955 words

RNA Metabolism Dysregulation in Alzheimer's Disease

mechanism · 4024 words

RNA-Targeted Therapies in Neurodegeneration

mechanism · 3272 words

ALS RNA Metabolism and Proteostasis Failure

mechanism · 3179 words

RNASEK — Ribonuclease Kappa

gene · 3161 words

C9orf72→RNA/Dipeptide Repeat Pathology→ALS/FTD — Causal Chain

mechanism · 3056 words

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    subgraph Pathology["Pathology"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"associated with"| astrocytes["astrocytes"]
    end
    subgraph Signaling["Signaling"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"activates"| microglia["microglia"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"activates"| SQSTM1["SQSTM1"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"activates"| neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"regulates"| neurodegeneration_1["neurodegeneration"]
        m6A_Modification["m6A Modification"] -->|"modulates"| RNA["RNA"]
        BECN1["BECN1"] -->|"activates"| RNA["RNA"]
        rapamycin["rapamycin"] -->|"activates"| RNA["RNA"]
        rapamycin_3["rapamycin"] -->|"regulates"| RNA["RNA"]
        Stress_Granules["Stress Granules"] -->|"regulates"| RNA["RNA"]
    end
    subgraph Therapeutic["Therapeutic"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"expressed in"| hippocampus["hippocampus"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"expressed in"| spinal_cord["spinal cord"]
        rapamycin_4["rapamycin"] -->|"targets"| RNA["RNA"]
    end
    subgraph Interactions["Interactions"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"participates in"| unfolded_protein_response["unfolded protein response"]
        RNA["RNA"] -->|"interacts with"| neurodegeneration_2["neurodegeneration"]
    end
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Outgoing (2999)

TargetRelationTypeStr
neurodegenerationregulatesdisease0.90
SQSTM1activatesgene0.90
spinal cordexpressed_inbrain_region0.90
mitochondrial functionparticipates_inpathway0.90
frontotemporal dementiainteracts_withdisease0.90

Incoming (2230)

SourceRelationTypeStr
SETXbindsprotein0.90
rapamycintargetsdrug0.90
BECN1activatesgene0.90
DNAassociated_withgene0.90
Stress Granulesregulatesprocess0.90

Targeting Hypotheses (30)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
Plasma p-tau217-Triggered Exosome Dosing Maximizes lncRNA-00 0.938 molecular neurobiology View
Gamma Oscillation Entrainment Enhances lncRNA-9969-Mediated 0.843 molecular neurobiology View
Calcium-Dysregulated mPTP Opening as an Alternative mtDNA Re 0.804 neurodegeneration What are the mechanisms by which gut mic
Closed-loop transcranial alternating current stimulation to 0.785 Alzheimer's disease Circuit-level neural dynamics in neurode
METTL3-Mediated m6A Modification of lncRNA-0021 Regulates mi 0.754 molecular neurobiology View
Seed-Proximal Asymmetric Duplex Stability Confers lncRNA-002 0.733 molecular neurobiology View
m6A RNA Modification as Address Code for Granule Targeting 0.700 neurodegeneration What determines the specificity of RNA-p
Axonal RNA Transport Reconstitution 0.695 neurodegeneration RNA binding protein dysregulation across
hnRNPA2B1-Mediated Structural Remodeling Controls lncRNA-002 0.684 molecular neurobiology View
RNA Granule Nucleation Site Modulation 0.662 neurodegeneration TDP-43 phase separation therapeutics for
Mitochondrial RNA Granule Rescue Pathway 0.656 neurodegeneration RNA binding protein dysregulation across
Seed match plus local RNA structure jointly determine lncRNA 0.640 molecular neurobiology How does lncRNA-0021 achieve sequence-sp
H7: Aberrant RNA Template Switching Converts Granules to Agg 0.625 neurodegeneration How do pathological stress granules tran
Synaptic RNA Metabolism Dysregulation 0.620 neurodegeneration What mechanisms underlie TDP-43's contri
Trinucleotide Repeat Sequestration via CRISPR-Guided RNA Tar 0.613 neurodegeneration CRISPR-based therapeutic approaches for
Displacement of G3BP1 RGG Box from Target RNA via Ubiquitin- 0.600 neurodegeneration How does TRIM21-mediated K63 ubiquitinat
Aβ-induced downregulation of circPDS5B derepresses TDP-43 mR 0.595 neurodegeneration What mechanisms drive TDP-43 pathology s
Disrupting Muscarinic M1/M3 Receptor-Mediated Tau Internaliz 0.550 neuroscience Trans-synaptic tau spreading and propaga
RNA Sequence Elements as Primary Specificity Determinants 0.550 neurodegeneration What determines the specificity of RNA-p
A pre-organized hairpin or loop in lncRNA-0021 creates a hig 0.540 molecular neurobiology How does lncRNA-0021 achieve sequence-sp
Gamma-Entrained PV Interneurons Enable p-tau217-Guided Preci 0.536 molecular neurobiology View
Cerebrospinal NFL-Triggered Liposome Dosing Maximizes lncRNA 0.536 molecular neurobiology View
Gamma-Entrained PV Interneuron Networks Enable Precision p-t 0.536 molecular neurobiology View
Cerebrospinal Fluid p-tau217-Guided Astrocyte-Derived Extrac 0.536 molecular neurobiology View
Co-translational mRNA localization as a sensor for RNA granu 0.520 neuroscience How can subcellular compartmentalization
Lipid Nanoparticle Encapsulation of IGFBPL1-mRNA 0.520 drug delivery Can IGFBPL1 therapeutics effectively cro
Nucleolar p21-rRNA Co-Aggregation as Irreversible Senescence 0.500 molecular biology What is the optimal therapeutic window t
Structured Intronic Scaffold Regions in Enhancer-dilncRNAs E 0.489 molecular biology What are the conserved secondary structu
RNA-binding proteins stabilize or gate the lncRNA-0021:mmu-m 0.480 molecular neurobiology How does lncRNA-0021 achieve sequence-sp
Alpha-Beta Oscillation Coupling Enhances lncRNA-9969-Mediate 0.466 molecular neurobiology View

Mentioning Analyses (11)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Which specific factors in conditioned medium from healthy astrocytes rescue moto

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-25 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.730

How does lncRNA-0021 achieve sequence-specific binding to mmu-miR-6361 and what

molecular neurobiology | 2026-04-25 | 5 hypotheses Top: 0.640

scRNA-seq Processing and Cell Type Annotation of AD Brain

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-16 | 0 hypotheses

Cas13 gRNA Design for Silencing MAPT (Tau) Transcripts in Alzheimer's Disease

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-16 | 0 hypotheses

RNA binding protein dysregulation across ALS FTD AD

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-13 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.664

Experiments (17)

Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity

ExperimentTypeDiseaseScoreFeasibilityModelStatusEst. Cost
Autophagy receptor identification for stress granule elimination exploratory neurodegenerative diseases 0.900 0.00 cultured cells under arsenite proposed N/A
G3BP1-mediated stress granule assembly via liquid-liquid phase separat exploratory 0.900 0.00 eukaryotic cells proposed N/A
G3BP1 intrinsically disordered region analysis and phosphorylation eff exploratory 0.850 0.00 in vitro protein analysis syst proposed N/A
G3BP1-binding factor cooperativity in stress granule network regulatio exploratory 0.800 0.00 cell culture systems with prot proposed N/A
s:** - Temporal analysis showing mitochondrial defects precede other p falsification Neurodegeneration 0.400 0.50 cell_line proposed $80,000
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
ALS Progression Rate Heterogeneity — mechanism and biomarker predictor clinical ALS 0.400 0.50 human proposed $6,550,000
ALS Regional Onset and Spread: Network-Level Staging Model clinical ALS 0.400 0.50 human proposed $7,500,000
Sporadic ALS Initiation Biology: Deep Phenotyping of At-Risk Cohorts clinical ALS 0.400 0.50 human proposed $6,550,000
Axonal Transport Dysfunction Validation in Parkinson's Disease clinical Parkinson's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $6,550,000
Environmental Exposure Causal Attribution in ALS — Experiment Design validation ALS 0.400 0.50 human proposed $3,000,000
Frontal and Temporal Lobe Selective Vulnerability in FTD — Mechanisms validation Neurodegeneration 0.400 0.50 human proposed $3,000,000
FTLD-Tau vs FTLD-TDP In Vivo Biomarker Differentiation clinical Alzheimer's Disease 0.400 0.50 human proposed $6,550,000
C9orf72 Phenotype Divergence: ALS vs FTD Mechanism Study clinical ALS 0.400 0.50 human proposed $6,550,000
Pre-Symptomatic Detection and Intervention Timing in Genetic Prion Dis validation ALS 0.400 0.50 human proposed $2,280,000
Stress Granule Dysfunction Validation in Parkinson's Disease 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
Stress granule homeostasis is modulated by TRIM21-mediated ubiquitination of G3B [PMID:36692217] Yang C, Wang Z, Kang Y, Yi Q, Wang T, Ba Autophagy 2023 3
G3BP1 Is a Tunable Switch that Triggers Phase Separation to Assemble Stress Gran [PMID:32302571] Yang P, Mathieu C, Kolaitis RM, Zhang P, Cell 2020 3
Organelle-specific autophagy in inflammatory diseases: a potential therapeutic t [PMID:32048886] Yao RQ, Ren C, Xia ZF, Yao YM Autophagy 2021 2
SIRT6-regulated macrophage efferocytosis epigenetically controls inflammation re [PMID:36593966] Li B, Xin Z, Gao S, Li Y, Guo S, Fu Y, X Theranostics 2023 1
Role of stress granules in modulating senescence and promoting cancer progressio [PMID:34460104] Chatterjee D, Chakrabarti O Int J Cancer 2022 1
Ubiquitination of G3BP1 mediates stress granule disassembly in a context-specifi [PMID:34739333] Gwon Y, Maxwell BA, Kolaitis RM, Zhang P Science 2021 1
Multisystem proteinopathy: Where myopathy and motor neuron disease converge. [PMID:33145792] Korb MK, Kimonis VE, Mozaffar T Muscle Nerve 2021 1
The role of m6A modification in the biological functions and diseases. [PMID:33611339] Jiang X, Liu B, Nie Z, Duan L, Xiong Q, Signal Transduct Target Ther 2021 1
Tumor-derived exosomal miR-934 induces macrophage M2 polarization to promote liv [PMID:33213490] Senlin Zhao, Yushuai Mi, Bingjie Guan, B Journal of hematology & oncolo 2020 1
Rare Inherited forms of Paget's Disease and Related Syndromes. [PMID:30756140] Ralston SH, Taylor JP Calcif Tissue Int 2019 1
STING is the scaffold protein for stress granule pre-condensation at the ER. [PMID:41917183] Eom E, Kim J, Kim J, Kang SJ Cell death and differentiation 2026 0
Stress granules: Guardians of cellular health and triggers of disease. [PMID:39995077] ["Desai M", "Gulati K", "Agrawal M", "Gh Neural regeneration research 2026 0
A LNK-CBL-HNRPA2B1-GPX4 signaling axis mediates dopaminergic neuron vulnerabilit [PMID:41616574] ["Liu Z", "Wang R", "Shen M", "Lan X", " Redox biology 2026 0
WFDC21P is essential for G3BP1-mediated RIG-I activation and antitumor immunity [PMID:41915747] Li Z, Wang Y, Chen Z, Liu R, Lai ZH, Li Proceedings of the National Ac 2026 0
NUP93 facilitates the nuclear import of SOX2 to activate G3BP1 transcription and [PMID:41896201] Sun H, Yang C, Du J, Xu C, Chen Y, Chen Cell death & disease 2026 0
Implications of virus-induced stress granules in tauopathies. [PMID:41673769] Sharma S, Vandenakker A, Cortés-Pérez C, Translational neurodegeneratio 2026 0
Human papillomavirus 16 E6 oncoprotein promotes up-regulation of RNA-binding pro [PMID:41725810] ["Cerasuolo A", "Pecchillo Cimmino T", " Frontiers in microbiology 2026 0
Molecular recognition and induced dimerization of hnRNP A2/B1 truncations by G-q [PMID:41888191] ["Shahatibieke D", "Tang X", "Zheng X", Scientific reports 2026 0
Evolution of a truncated nucleocapsid protein enhances SARS-CoV-2 fitness by sup [PMID:41920932] Mulloy RP, Evseev D, Sharlin N, Bui-Mari PLoS biology 2026 0
PRRC2A, PRRC2B and PRRC2C are Stress Granule Proteins that Promote Translation T [PMID:41808986] ["Huang J", "Kadijk E", "Schreiber K", " bioRxiv : the preprint server 2026 0

Debates (14)

Multi-agent debates referencing this entity

Which specific factors in conditioned medium from healthy astrocytes rescue moto

active · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.65 · 2026-04-25

How does lncRNA-0021 achieve sequence-specific binding to mmu-miR-6361 and what

active · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.66 · 2026-04-25

The ASO therapeutic hypothesis assumes dilncRNAs have targetable conserved struc

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.69 · 2026-04-21

Can optimized Cas13 guide RNAs selectively silence pathogenic MAPT splice varian

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.30 · 2026-04-21

Can standardized scRNA-seq processing and automated annotation identify novel ce

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.30 · 2026-04-21

The debate highlighted that RNA granules serve essential physiological functions

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.50 · 2026-04-20

Does the hybrid DAM + interferon-response microglial population represent a nove

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.70 · 2026-04-16

Is Cas13-based 4R-tau silencing feasible given collateral cleavage risks in post

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.70 · 2026-04-16

RNA binding protein dysregulation across ALS FTD AD

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.50 · 2026-04-13

RNA binding protein dysregulation across ALS FTD and AD

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.72 · 2026-04-12

Related Research

Hypotheses and analyses mentioning RNA 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

m6A RNA Modification as Address Code for Granule Targeting

Score: 0.700 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-21

**Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification system represents a sophisticated c

Axonal RNA Transport Reconstitution

Score: 0.695 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-02

## Mechanistic Overview Axonal RNA Transport Reconstitution starts from the claim that modulating HNRNPA2B1 within the d

hnRNPA2B1-Mediated Structural Remodeling Controls lncRNA-0021 Accessibility for

Score: 0.684 · molecular neurobiology · 2026-04-17

## **Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The proposed therapeutic mechanism centers on the regulatory interplay between

RNA Granule Nucleation Site Modulation

Score: 0.662 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-02

## Mechanistic Overview RNA Granule Nucleation Site Modulation starts from the claim that modulating G3BP1 within the di

Mitochondrial RNA Granule Rescue Pathway

Score: 0.656 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-02

## Mechanistic Overview Mitochondrial RNA Granule Rescue Pathway starts from the claim that modulating SYNCRIP within th

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: Aberrant RNA Template Switching Converts Granules to Aggregation Prone

Score: 0.625 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-22

## Mechanistic Overview H7: Aberrant RNA Template Switching Converts Granules to Aggregation Prone starts from the claim

Synaptic RNA Metabolism Dysregulation

Score: 0.620 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-21

## Mechanistic Overview Synaptic RNA Metabolism Dysregulation starts from the claim that modulating TARDBP within the di

Trinucleotide Repeat Sequestration via CRISPR-Guided RNA Targeting

Score: 0.613 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-02

## Mechanistic Overview Trinucleotide Repeat Sequestration via CRISPR-Guided RNA Targeting starts from the claim that mo

Displacement of G3BP1 RGG Box from Target RNA via Ubiquitin-Mediated Allostery

Score: 0.600 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-21

**Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The molecular basis for G3BP1-mediated stress granule formation centers on the in

Aβ-induced downregulation of circPDS5B derepresses TDP-43 mRNA translation in li

Score: 0.595 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-21

**Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The proposed mechanism centers on a complex regulatory network involving circPDS5

Disrupting Muscarinic M1/M3 Receptor-Mediated Tau Internalization and Synaptic T

Score: 0.550 · neuroscience · 2026-04-22

## Mechanistic Overview Disrupting Muscarinic M1/M3 Receptor-Mediated Tau Internalization and Synaptic Targeting starts

RNA Sequence Elements as Primary Specificity Determinants

Score: 0.550 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-21

## Mechanistic Overview RNA Sequence Elements as Primary Specificity Determinants starts from the claim that modulating

A pre-organized hairpin or loop in lncRNA-0021 creates a high-affinity docking s

Score: 0.540 · molecular neurobiology · 2026-04-25

lncRNA-0021 may contain a pre-folded structural element that lowers the entropic cost of binding and presents the miR-63