Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about CIITA: 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.
CIITA is a protein involved in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, regulates, therapeutic target. Associated with Als, Cancer, Inflammation. Connected to 43 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | CIITA |
| Aliases | MHC2TA, NLRA |
| Chromosome | 16p13.13 |
| Protein Type | Transcriptional coactivator |
| Function | ### MHC Class II Expression |
| Primary Expression | non-immune cells: - Endothelial cells: Can express MHC class II in response to IFN-γ - Tumor cells: Sometimes expressed in cancer cells - Ne |
| Molecular Weight | 125 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 1130 aa |
| Pathways | Autophagy, Immune Response, Inflammasome, Mitophagy |
| UniProt ID | P33076 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 4261 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000179583 |
| GeneCards | CIITA |
| Human Protein Atlas | CIITA |
| Official Name | Class II Major Histocompatibility Complex Transactivator |
| Associated Diseases | neurodegeneration |
| Interactions | CD8, NPM1, IRF1, NLRC5, CREB1, JAK1 |
| KG Connections | 60 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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CIITA["<b>CIITA</b>"]
Cancer{"Cancer"}
CIITA -->|"activates"| Cancer
Ms{"Ms"}
CIITA -->|"activates"| Ms
Tumor{"Tumor"}
CIITA -->|"activates"| Tumor
CIITA -->|"expressed in"| Cancer
Als{"Als"}
CIITA -->|"regulates"| Als
CIITA -->|"regulates"| Ms
DNA["DNA"]
CIITA -->|"activates"| DNA
CD8["CD8"]
CIITA -->|"activates"| CD8
NPM1["NPM1"]
CIITA -->|"activates"| NPM1
IRF1["IRF1"]
CIITA -->|"activates"| IRF1
NLRC5["NLRC5"]
CIITA -->|"activates"| NLRC5
CXCR4["CXCR4"]
CIITA -->|"expressed in"| CXCR4
IRF1 -->|"binds"| CIITA
NPM1 -->|"activates"| CIITA
NLRC5 -->|"activates"| CIITA
CD8 -->|"activates"| CIITA
IRF1 -->|"activates"| CIITA
CXCL12["CXCL12"]
CXCL12 -->|"expressed in"| CIITA
SRC["SRC"]
SRC -->|"expressed in"| CIITA
CD38["CD38"]
CD38 -->|"expressed in"| CIITA
CANCER["CANCER"]
CANCER -->|"expressed in"| CIITA
NOS2["NOS2"]
NOS2 -->|"therapeutic target"| CIITA
CCL3["CCL3"]
CCL3 -->|"therapeutic target"| CIITA
ESR1["ESR1"]
ESR1 -->|"therapeutic target"| CIITA
style CIITA fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mhc-Ii | regulates | protein | 0.80 |
| NLRC5 | activates | gene | 0.70 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| CD8 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NPM1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IRF1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCR4 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| DLL1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CREB1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Lipid Metabolism | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Sphingolipid | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| MHC-I | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Autophagy | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Mitophagy | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Immune Response | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Inflammasome | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| T Cell | activates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| RNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Ras | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| JAK | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAPK | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| JAK-STAT signaling | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| MAPK signaling | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| T Cell | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| CHIP | activates | protein | 0.50 |
| TUMOR | activates | disease | 0.50 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRF1 | binds | protein | 0.80 |
| NPM1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRC5 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CD8 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IRF1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCL12 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| SRC | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CD38 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| NOS2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CCL3 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| ESR1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| ABCB1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MHC-I | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MITOPHAGY | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| RNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
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 | ||||