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NEUROVASCULAR UNIT

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2Hypotheses

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15Incoming

0Experiments

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💡 Concept Info

Name	NEUROVASCULAR UNIT
Related Diseases	BRAIN DISORDERS

Wiki Pages (1)

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Canonical Page

neurovascular-unit

mechanism · 2679 words

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT["NEUROVASCULAR UNIT"]
    NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT -->|"component_of"| Blood_Brain_Barrier["Blood-Brain Barrier"]
    NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT -->|"contributes to"| Neuroinflammation["Neuroinflammation"]
    Neurons["Neurons"] -->|"component_of"| NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT
    Endothelial_Cells["Endothelial Cells"] -->|"component_of"| NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT
    Pericytes["Pericytes"] -->|"component_of"| NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT
    Vascular_Smooth_Muscle_Cells["Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells"] -->|"component_of"| NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT
    Glial_Cells["Glial Cells"] -->|"component_of"| NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT
    Extracellular_Matrix["Extracellular Matrix"] -->|"component_of"| NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT
    AMPK["AMPK"] -->|"regulates"| NEUROVASCULAR_UNIT

Outgoing (8)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Neuroinflammation	associated_with	process	0.95
Blood-Brain Barrier	component_of	process	0.95
Blood-Brain Barrier	regulates	process	0.90
neurological diseases	associated_with	disease	0.80
neuroinflammation	interacts_with	process	0.70
neurodegeneration	interacts_with	process	0.70
neuroinflammation	mediates	process	0.70
BRAIN DISORDERS	implicated_in	disease	0.70

Incoming (15)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
Astrocytes	involved_in	cell_type	0.95
Endothelial Cells	component_of	cell_type	0.95
Pericytes	component_of	cell_type	0.95
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells	component_of	cell_type	0.95
Glial Cells	component_of	cell_type	0.95
specialized microvascular endothelial cells	associated_with	cell_type	0.95
Neurons	component_of	cell_type	0.95
Extracellular Matrix	component_of	process	0.90
glial cell activation	modulates	process	0.90
KCNK2	involved_in	gene	0.85
Pericytes	involved_in	cell_type	0.82
PDGFB	modulates	gene	0.80
PDGFRB	modulates	gene	0.80
LRP-1	expressed_in	gene	0.80
AMPK	regulates	protein	0.70

Targeting Hypotheses (2)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) / System Xc⁻ - Mediated GSH Support f	0.760	neurodegeneration	Can ferroptosis inhibitors prevent BBB d
P2RY12-driven autophagy impairment in cerebral VSMCs mediate	0.585	neurodegeneration	How does P2RY12-mediated VSMC dysfunctio

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