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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about CRY1: 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.
CRY1 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: expressed in, regulates, activates. Associated with ALS, Als, Alzheimer. Connected to 147 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | CRY1 |
| Full Name | Cryptochrome Circadian Regulator 1 |
| Chromosome | 12q24.31 |
| Function | Transcriptional Activation: CLOCK and BMAL1 proteins form a heterodimer that activates transcription of period (PER) and cryptochrome (CRY) genes |
| Primary Expression | Ubiquitous (high in brain, liver, retina) |
| Molecular Weight | 66 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 500 aa |
| Pathways | Akt, Circadian Rhythm, Lipid Metabolism, Mtor, Nf-Κb |
| UniProt ID | Q9UQL6 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 1399 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000012048 |
| OMIM | 601033 |
| GeneCards | CRY1 |
| Human Protein Atlas | CRY1 |
| Associated Diseases | Als, Depression, Stroke |
| Interactions | TNFRSF1A, ICAM1, BMAL1, CLOCK, PER1, PER2 |
| KG Connections | 219 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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CRY1["CRY1"]
CRY1 -->|"regulates"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
CRY1 -->|"activates"| Anxiety["Anxiety"]
CRY1 -->|"activates"| Als["Als"]
CRY1 -->|"regulates"| Tumor["Tumor"]
CRY1 -->|"activates"| Depression["Depression"]
CRY1 -->|"regulates"| Ms["Ms"]
TNF["TNF"] -->|"regulates"| CRY1
ARNT["ARNT"] -->|"regulates"| CRY1
BMAL1["BMAL1"] -->|"regulates"| CRY1
CLOCK["CLOCK"] -->|"activates"| CRY1
MTOR["MTOR"] -->|"regulates"| CRY1
FASN["FASN"] -->|"regulates"| CRY1
PER3["PER3"] -->|"expressed in"| CRY1
PER1["PER1"] -->|"expressed in"| CRY1
ICAM1["ICAM1"] -->|"activates"| CRY1| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circadian Rhythm Regulation | involved_in | process | 0.90 |
| Circadian Rhythm Disruption | involved_in | process | 0.90 |
| circadian regulation | participates_in | pathway | 0.85 |
| Inflammation | regulates | disease | 0.75 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.75 |
| Alzheimer | expressed_in | disease | 0.75 |
| PER2 | expressed_in | gene | 0.70 |
| Circadian Rhythm | regulates | pathway | 0.70 |
| Circadian Rhythm | expressed_in | pathway | 0.70 |
| CIRCADIAN RHYTHM | expressed_in | gene | 0.70 |
| CRY2 | activates | gene | 0.65 |
| PER1 | activates | gene | 0.65 |
| PER2 | activates | gene | 0.65 |
| Anxiety | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Depression | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | contributes_to | disease | 0.65 |
| Anxiety | contributes_to | disease | 0.65 |
| Depression | contributes_to | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Stroke | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Depression | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Leukemia | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Carcinoma | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Schizophrenia | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Type 2 Diabetes | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Obesity | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Metabolic Syndrome | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| BMAL1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ARNT | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFRSF1A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| OCLN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ICAM1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ICAM1 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFRSF1A | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Sleep Deprivation | causes | process | 0.90 |
| CLOCK | activates | gene | 0.70 |
| PER1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.70 |
| CLOCK | associated_with | gene | 0.70 |
| APP/PS1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.70 |
| TNF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ARNT | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BMAL1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| FASN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PER3 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| PER3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PER1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PER1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ICAM1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFRSF1A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| OCLN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BMAL1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| APP | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BMAL1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| BMAL1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CRY2 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CLOCK | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| BMAL1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CLOCK | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| PER2 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| IBA1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TAU | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| APP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CLOCK | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF-Α | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ANXIETY | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MICROGLIA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DEPRESSION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MICROGLIA ACTIVATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYTOKINES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CIRCADIAN RHYTHM | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE NEUROPATHOLOGY | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CREB | 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 | ||||