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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about CASP9: 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.
CASP9 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: regulates, activates, contributes to. Associated with ALS, Als, Leukemia. Connected to 70 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | CASP9 |
| Chromosome | 1p36.21 |
| Protein Type | Protease |
| Function | is a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. |
| Amino Acids | 461 aa |
| Gene Type | Protein coding |
| Pathways | Akt, Nf-Κb, Pi3K, Toll-Like Receptor |
| UniProt ID | P55211 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000132906 |
| GeneCards | CASP9 |
| Human Protein Atlas | CASP9 |
| Official Full Name | Caspase 9 |
| Length | 8,683 bp (genomic), 1,386 bp (coding) |
| Protein Length | 461 amino acids |
| Associated Diseases | neurodegeneration |
| Known Drugs/Compounds | Bpmc |
| Interactions | PTEN, AKT, ATM, EIF2A, PI3K, OXIDATIVE STRESS |
| KG Connections | 90 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
flowchart TD
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"encodes"| CASPASE9["CASPASE9"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"activates"| Ms["Ms"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"activates"| Als["Als"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"contributes to"| Als["Als"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"regulates"| Lymphoma["Lymphoma"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"therapeutic target"| Ms["Ms"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"regulates"| Tumor["Tumor"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"regulates"| Leukemia["Leukemia"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"activates"| ALS["ALS"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"activates"| apoptosis["apoptosis"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"activates"| PTEN["PTEN"]
CASP9["CASP9"] -->|"activates"| Oxidative_Stress["Oxidative Stress"]
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style ALS fill:#ef5350,stroke:#333,color:#e0e0e0
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style PTEN fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#333,color:#e0e0e0
style Oxidative_Stress fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#333,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apoptosis | involved_in | process | 0.90 |
| follicular atresia | promotes | process | 0.85 |
| CASPASE9 | encodes | protein | 0.80 |
| Follicular Atresia | contributes_to | process | 0.80 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | contributes_to | disease | 0.65 |
| Lymphoma | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Leukemia | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| apoptosis | activates | phenotype | 0.64 |
| PTEN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EIF2A | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| PTEN | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| CASP8 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| STAT3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JUN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL2L1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RELA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CASP3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSP90AA1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| STAT1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MCL1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RAGE | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATM | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EIF2A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CASP3 | biomarker_for | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6 | biomarker_for | gene | 0.60 |
| CASP4 | biomarker_for | gene | 0.60 |
| Rb | associated_with | protein | 0.60 |
| Oxidative Stress | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Autophagy | associated_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Pi3K | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Akt | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Akt | contributes_to | pathway | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | contributes_to | pathway | 0.60 |
| Oxidative Stress | contributes_to | pathway | 0.60 |
| Pi3K | contributes_to | pathway | 0.60 |
| OXIDATIVE STRESS | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| NF-ΚB | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| P53 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Toll-Like Receptor | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Akt | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bpmc | activates | compound | 0.90 |
| Anti-recoverin Antibodies | activates | protein | 0.80 |
| ATM | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EIF2A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PTEN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| ATM | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TP53 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR4 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| OXIDATIVE STRESS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| RNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GALT | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Autophagy | activates | process | 0.50 |
| AUTOPHAGY | co_discussed | process | 0.40 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
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Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||