GJA1

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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about GJA1: 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.

GJA1 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: regulates, associated with, activates. Associated with ALS, Als, Alzheimer. Connected to 145 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.

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    GJA1["GJA1
(Connexin-43)"]
    
    %% Autophagy and protein degradation pathways
    GJA1 -->|"regulates"| AUTOPHAGY["Autophagy
Pathway"]
    GJA1 -->|"regulates"| UPS["Ubiquitin-Proteasome
System"]
    GJA1 -->|"regulates"| LAMP1["LAMP1
(Lysosomal marker)"]
    GJA1 -->|"regulates"| SQSTM1["SQSTM1/p62
(Autophagy receptor)"]
    
    %% Cytoskeletal regulation
    GJA1 -->|"regulates"| VIM["VIM
(Vimentin)"]
    GJA1 -->|"regulates"| HDAC6["HDAC6
(Cytoskeletal regulator)"]
    GJA1 -->|"associated_with"| CDC42["CDC42
(Cytoskeletal dynamics)"]
    
    %% Cellular stress responses
    GJA1 -->|"activates"| OXSTRESS["Oxidative Stress
Response"]
    GJA1 -->|"protects_against"| DRP1["DRP1
(Mitochondrial fission)"]
    GJA1 -->|"associated_with"| CASP3["CASP3
(Apoptosis executor)"]
    
    %% Cellular processes
    GJA1 -->|"activates"| EXOCYTOSIS["Exocytosis
Pathway"]
    
    %% Disease associations
    GJA1 -->|"therapeutic_target"| MS["Multiple Sclerosis
(MS)"]
    GJA1 -->|"expressed_in"| ALS["Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS)"]
    
    %% Pathway outcomes
    AUTOPHAGY --> NEUROPROT["Neuroprotection"]
    UPS --> PROTEINHOM["Protein
Homeostasis"]
    OXSTRESS --> NEURODEGEN["Neurodegeneration"]
    CASP3 --> CELLDEATH["Cell Death"]
    
    %% Styling
    style GJA1 fill:#006494
    style AUTOPHAGY fill:#1b5e20
    style UPS fill:#1b5e20
    style NEUROPROT fill:#1b5e20
    style PROTEINHOM fill:#1b5e20
    style OXSTRESS fill:#ef5350
    style NEURODEGEN fill:#ef5350
    style CELLDEATH fill:#ef5350
    style LAMP1 fill:#4a1a6b
    style SQSTM1 fill:#4a1a6b
    style HDAC6 fill:#4a1a6b
    style DRP1 fill:#4a1a6b
    style MS fill:#5d4400
    style ALS fill:#5d4400

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