Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about AURKA: 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.
AURKA is a protein involved in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, regulates, inhibits. Associated with Aging, Als, Cancer. Connected to 57 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | AURKA |
| Full Name | Aurora Kinase A |
| Chromosome | 20q13.2 |
| Protein Type | Serine/Threonine Kinase |
| Function | encodes a serine/threonine kinase essential for mitotic entry, centrosome maturation, and spindle assembly[@giet2010]. |
| Primary Expression | certain post-mitotic tissues: |
| Molecular Weight | 46 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 403 aa |
| Pathways | Cell Cycle, Lipid Metabolism, Pi3K/Akt |
| UniProt ID | O14965 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 6790 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000087586 |
| OMIM | 603072 |
| GeneCards | AURKA |
| Human Protein Atlas | AURKA |
| Associated Diseases | Alzheimer, Autoimmune, Cancer, Drug Resistance, Gastric Cancer |
| Interactions | BCL2, FOXP1, UBIQUITIN, MYC, AKT, VEGFA |
| KG Connections | 160 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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AURKA["<b>AURKA</b>"]
Survivin["Survivin"]
AURKA -->|"upregulates"| Survivin
Drug_Resistance["Drug Resistance"]
AURKA -->|"associated with"| Drug_Resistance
Gastric_Cancer{"Gastric Cancer"}
AURKA -->|"associated with"| Gastric_Cancer
FBXL7["FBXL7"]
AURKA -->|"regulates"| FBXL7
Apoptosis(["Apoptosis"])
AURKA -->|"inhibits"| Apoptosis
FOXP1["FOXP1"]
AURKA -->|"interacts with"| FOXP1
Cancer{"Cancer"}
AURKA -->|"activates"| Cancer
Aging{"Aging"}
AURKA -->|"activates"| Aging
Als{"Als"}
AURKA -->|"inhibits"| Als
AURKA -->|"regulates"| FOXP1
Ubiquitin_Proteasome(["Ubiquitin-Proteasome"])
AURKA -->|"activates"| Ubiquitin_Proteasome
Proteasome(["Proteasome"])
AURKA -->|"activates"| Proteasome
EGF["EGF"]
EGF -->|"inhibits"| AURKA
IGF1["IGF1"]
IGF1 -->|"inhibits"| AURKA
PI3K["PI3K"]
PI3K -->|"inhibits"| AURKA
FOXP1 -->|"regulates"| AURKA
DNA["DNA"]
DNA -->|"activates"| AURKA
UBIQUITIN["UBIQUITIN"]
UBIQUITIN -->|"activates"| AURKA
CANCER["CANCER"]
CANCER -->|"activates"| AURKA
style AURKA fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| ds-83b31ef18d49 | provides_data_for | dataset | 1.00 |
| Survivin | upregulates | protein | 0.95 |
| Drug Resistance | promotes | phenotype | 0.95 |
| Drug Resistance | associated_with | phenotype | 0.93 |
| Gastric Cancer | associated_with | disease | 0.92 |
| Survivin | regulates | protein | 0.90 |
| FBXL7 | regulates | gene | 0.90 |
| Apoptosis | inhibits | process | 0.89 |
| Disease Prognosis | correlates_with | phenotype | 0.86 |
| FOXP1 | interacts_with | protein | 0.85 |
| FOXP1 | inhibits | protein | 0.85 |
| Survivin | correlates_with | protein | 0.85 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.85 |
| drug_resistance | exacerbates_through_upregulating_Survivin | process | 0.80 |
| SURVIVIN | regulates_stability_by_targeting_FBXL7 | protein | 0.80 |
| Aging | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Carcinoma | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiovascular | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Autoimmune | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Senescence | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| CANCER | expressed_in | entity | 0.60 |
| CANCER | regulates | entity | 0.60 |
| FOXP1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| UBIQUITIN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYC | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| VEGFA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NFATC2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CTSB | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| STAT3 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| SRC | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CASS4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| ds-83b31ef18d49 | data_in | dataset | 1.00 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.80 |
| EGF | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| IGF1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| FOXP1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| UBIQUITIN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ISG15 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BRCA1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| FAS | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR7 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| APC | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TPX2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| LC3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| BID | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| NRF2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| JNK | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| ABCG2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MMP9 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CASP3 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| VEGF | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| SRC | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CASS4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| UBIQUITIN | degrades | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DIABETES MELLITUS | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CDH1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| OXIDATIVE STRESS | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL-2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| FBXL7 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| FOXP1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.50 |
| benchmark_ot_ad_answer_key:AURKA | data_in | dataset_row | 0.00 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
No analyses mention this entity
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||