protein

WAS

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249Connections

0Hypotheses

2Analyses

48Outgoing

50Incoming

0Experiments

4Debates

Summary

Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein - regulates actin cytoskeleton, linked to neurodegeneration

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🔬 Protein Info

Gene Symbol	WAS
Aliases	Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein
Function	WASp exists in an autoinhibited conformation where the VCA domain is masked[@symons1996].
Molecular Weight	52 kDa
GeneCards	WAS
Human Protein Atlas	WAS
Interactions	AKT, ALZHEIMER, AMYLOID, APP, ARNT, ATP
KG Connections	249 knowledge graph edges
Databases	GeneCards UniProt NCBI Gene HPA STRING

Wiki Pages (11)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

Canonical Page

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    WAS["WAS"]
    TAU(["TAU"])
    WAS -.->|"inhibits"| TAU
    TBK1(["TBK1"])
    WAS -->|"activates"| TBK1
    TREM2(["TREM2"])
    WAS -->|"interacts_with"| TREM2
    IL18(["IL18"])
    WAS -->|"activates"| IL18
    LAMP2(["LAMP2"])
    WAS -->|"activates"| LAMP2
    SNCA(["SNCA"])
    WAS -->|"activates"| SNCA
    CRH(["CRH"])
    CRH -->|"activates"| WAS
    POMC(["POMC"])
    POMC -->|"activates"| WAS
    STING(["STING"])
    STING -->|"co_discussed"| WAS
    C1Q(["C1Q"])
    C1Q -->|"co_discussed"| WAS
    style WAS fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#4fc3f7

Outgoing (48)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
TAU	inhibits	protein	0.50
TBK1	activates	gene	0.50
TREM2	interacts_with	gene	0.50
IL18	activates	gene	0.50
LAMP2	activates	protein	0.50
SNCA	activates	gene	0.50
TNF	activates	gene	0.50
AUTOPHAGY	inhibits	gene	0.50
PVALB	inhibits	gene	0.50
PKA	activates	protein	0.50
TNF	expressed_in	gene	0.50
TGM2	activates	gene	0.50
TREM2	activates	gene	0.50
NEURON	inhibits	gene	0.50
SNCA	expressed_in	gene	0.50
TRPV4	expressed_in	gene	0.50
APP	regulates	gene	0.50
IL-10	activates	protein	0.50
IL-1Β	activates	protein	0.50
NLRP3	expressed_in	protein	0.50
NLRP6	expressed_in	gene	0.50
PYCARD	regulates	gene	0.50
PKM2	interacts_with	protein	0.50
CHMP4B	activates	gene	0.50
GBM	activates	gene	0.50
GPX4	activates	gene	0.50
KIF4A	activates	gene	0.50
NDP52	activates	gene	0.50
OPTN	activates	gene	0.50
P62	activates	protein	0.50
PARKIN	activates	gene	0.50
PINK1	activates	gene	0.50
RAGE	activates	gene	0.50
CANCER	regulates	gene	0.50
SIRT2	activates	gene	0.50
CASPASE-1	causes	protein	0.50
NLRP3	causes	protein	0.50
NTRK2	activates	gene	0.50
SCN4B	activates	gene	0.50
SLC17A7	activates	protein	0.50
UNC5C	activates	gene	0.50
TAZ	activates	gene	0.50
CAV2	inhibits	gene	0.50
CAV2.3	inhibits	protein	0.50
ATP	phosphorylates	protein	0.50
FASN	activates	gene	0.50
HMGCR	activates	gene	0.50
SCD1	activates	gene	0.50

Incoming (201)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
CRH	activates	gene	0.50
POMC	activates	gene	0.50
STING	co_discussed	gene	0.50
C1Q	co_discussed	gene	0.50
CASPASE-1	co_discussed	protein	0.50
IL-18	co_discussed	protein	0.50
IL-1Β	co_discussed	protein	0.50
NLRP3	co_discussed	protein	0.50
AMYLOID	regulates	gene	0.50
PRESENILIN	regulates	protein	0.50
RNA	co_discussed	gene	0.50
CANCER	co_discussed	gene	0.50
CD19	co_discussed	gene	0.50
ALZHEIMER	interacts_with	gene	0.50
EPILEPSY	co_discussed	gene	0.50
NEURON	co_discussed	gene	0.50
ALZHEIMER	co_discussed	gene	0.50
LRP6	co_discussed	gene	0.50
WNT3A	inhibits	gene	0.50
NEURON	activates	gene	0.50
RIG-I	activates	protein	0.50
ALZHEIMER	expressed_in	gene	0.50
RNA	expressed_in	gene	0.50
STAT3	co_discussed	gene	0.50
TNF	co_discussed	gene	0.50
ALZHEIMER	activates	gene	0.50
AMYLOID	activates	gene	0.50
TAU	activates	protein	0.50
EPHA2	activates	gene	0.50
FLOT1	activates	gene	0.50
CANCER	inhibits	gene	0.50
TP53	inhibits	gene	0.50
NLRP3	activates	protein	0.50
CLUSTERIN	co_discussed	protein	0.50
GENES	co_discussed	gene	0.50
ACSL4	co_discussed	gene	0.50
GPX4	co_discussed	gene	0.50
HO-1	co_discussed	protein	0.50
NRF2	co_discussed	gene	0.50
SLC7A1	co_discussed	gene	0.50
SLC7A11	co_discussed	gene	0.50
PARKINSON	inhibits	gene	0.50
PARKIN	co_discussed	gene	0.50
PP2A	inhibits	gene	0.50
GAA	interacts_with	gene	0.50
NF-ΚB	activates	gene	0.50
RNA	activates	gene	0.50
PARKINSON	activates	gene	0.50
FSP1	co_discussed	gene	0.50
PIEZO1	co_discussed	gene	0.50

Targeting Hypotheses (0)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
No targeting hypotheses

Mentioning Analyses (2)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Statistical Fine-Mapping of AD GWAS Loci to Identify Causal Variants

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-16 | 0 hypotheses

Variant Annotation and Prioritization of AD Risk Loci

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-16 | 0 hypotheses

Experiments (0)

Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity

Experiment	Type	Disease	Score	Feasibility	Model	Status	Est. Cost
No experiments found

Related Papers (0)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMID	Authors	Journal	Year	Citations
No papers found

Debates (4)

Multi-agent debates referencing this entity

Which non-coding variants at AD GWAS loci have functional evidence for gene regu

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.00 · 2026-04-21

Can Bayesian fine-mapping of the top 25 AD GWAS loci identify credible sets of c

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.60 · 2026-04-21

Does fine-mapping to median 3-variant credible sets provide sufficient resolutio

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

Does the BIN1 non-coding variant mechanism provide a druggable target, or is tra

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

Related Research

Hypotheses and analyses mentioning WAS in their description or question text

No additional research found

WAS

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Summary

Wiki Pages (11)

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