Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about COFILIN: 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.
COFILIN is a protein involved in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: inhibits, expressed in, implicated in. Associated with Alzheimer. Connected to 12 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | COFILIN |
| Aliases | Actin-Depolymerizing Factor |
| Function | Cofilin-1 is a key regulator of actin cytoskeleton dynamics |
| Molecular Weight | 19 kDa |
| GeneCards | COFILIN |
| Human Protein Atlas | COFILIN |
| Actin-binding interface | Binds to both G-actin (globular) and F-actin (filamentous) forms |
| Phosphoinositide-binding site | Enables membrane localization and regulation by phosphoinositides |
| Nuclear localization signal (NLS) | Allows translocation to the nucleus |
| Phosphorylation site | Ser3 phosphorylation regulates activity |
| Associated Diseases | neurodegeneration |
| Interactions | PUMA, LIMK1, TNFR1, TNF, Rb, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
| KG Connections | 44 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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COFILIN["<b>COFILIN</b>"]
Alzheimer{"Alzheimer"}
COFILIN -->|"inhibits"| Alzheimer
ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE["ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE"]
COFILIN -->|"inhibits"| ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE
PUMA["PUMA"]
COFILIN -->|"inhibits"| PUMA
ALZHEIMER["ALZHEIMER"]
COFILIN -->|"inhibits"| ALZHEIMER
Neuron["Neuron"]
COFILIN -->|"expressed in"| Neuron
Fibroblast["Fibroblast"]
COFILIN -->|"expressed in"| Fibroblast
Stem_Cell["Stem Cell"]
COFILIN -->|"expressed in"| Stem_Cell
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
COFILIN -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration
LIMK1["LIMK1"]
LIMK1 -->|"inhibits"| COFILIN
ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE -->|"inhibits"| COFILIN
ALZHEIMER -->|"inhibits"| COFILIN
AND["AND"]
AND -->|"inhibits"| COFILIN
PUMA -->|"inhibits"| COFILIN
style COFILIN fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| PUMA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| LIMK1 | regulates | entity | 0.60 |
| LIMK1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFR1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Rb | inhibits | protein | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Epithelial | inhibits | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Neuron | regulates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| EFHD2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Actin | expressed_in | protein | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Raf | inhibits | protein | 0.60 |
| Neuron | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| Fibroblast | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| Stem Cell | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| Epithelial Cell | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| Alzheimer'S Disease | inhibits | disease | 0.50 |
| disease | inhibits | disease | 0.50 |
| NEURONS | inhibits | concept | 0.50 |
| ALZHEIMER'S | inhibits | concept | 0.50 |
| inflammation | inhibits | pathway | 0.50 |
| apoptosis | inhibits | process | 0.50 |
| NEURONS | regulates | concept | 0.50 |
| NEURONS | expressed_in | concept | 0.50 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIMK1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PUMA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFR1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| EFHD2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | regulates | 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 | ||||