protein

DAP12

Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node

Understanding Entity Pages

This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about DAP12: 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.

204Connections
1Hypotheses
3Analyses
50Outgoing
50Incoming

Summary

A protein referenced in 3 knowledge graph relationships. Key connections: TYROBP (gene) encodes; recruits SYK_kinase (protein); TREM2_protein (protein) activates.

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🔬 Protein Info
Gene SymbolDAP12
AliasesTYROBP
Chromosome19q13.12.
Primary ExpressionHippocampus
Molecular Weight12 kDa
PathwaysPI3K
GeneCardsDAP12
Human Protein AtlasDAP12
Associated DiseasesALS, Alzheimer, Alzheimer'S Disease, Nasu-Hakola Disease, disease, neurodegeneration
InteractionsTREM2, OVERVIEW, PSEN1, TYROBP, APP, SYK
KG Connections204 knowledge graph edges
DatabasesGeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING

Wiki Pages (20)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

Alzheimer's Disease Mechanism Index

mechanism · 5834 words

neuroinflammation

mechanism · 5462 words

TREM2 Mechanism Hub

mechanism · 5099 words

TREM2 Microglial Signaling Pathway in Neurodegeneration

mechanism · 4613 words

TREM2→Microglial Dysfunction→Alzheimer's Disease Causal Chain

mechanism · 3665 words

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    DAP12["<b>DAP12</b>"]
    Alzheimer{"Alzheimer"}
    DAP12 -->|"activates"| Alzheimer
    ALS{"ALS"}
    DAP12 -->|"activates"| ALS
    DAP12 -->|"associated with"| Alzheimer
    Tauopathy{"Tauopathy"}
    DAP12 -->|"interacts with"| Tauopathy
    Ms{"Ms"}
    DAP12 -->|"activates"| Ms
    ALZHEIMER["ALZHEIMER"]
    DAP12 -->|"activates"| ALZHEIMER
    TREM2["TREM2"]
    DAP12 -->|"activates"| TREM2
    Amyloid(["Amyloid"])
    DAP12 -->|"activates"| Amyloid
    Apoptosis(["Apoptosis"])
    DAP12 -->|"activates"| Apoptosis
    OVERVIEW["OVERVIEW"]
    DAP12 -->|"interacts with"| OVERVIEW
    MICROGLIA["MICROGLIA"]
    DAP12 -->|"associated with"| MICROGLIA
    DAP12 -->|"associated with"| ALZHEIMER
    APOPTOSIS["APOPTOSIS"]
    APOPTOSIS -->|"activates"| DAP12
    AMYLOID["AMYLOID"]
    AMYLOID -->|"activates"| DAP12
    ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE["ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE"]
    ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE -->|"activates"| DAP12
    SYK["SYK"]
    SYK -->|"activates"| DAP12
    CD33["CD33"]
    CD33 -->|"interacts with"| DAP12
    ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE -->|"associated with"| DAP12
    TAU["TAU"]
    TAU -->|"activates"| DAP12
    TREM2 -->|"inhibits"| DAP12
    ALZHEIMER -->|"activates"| DAP12
    AND["AND"]
    AND -->|"activates"| DAP12
    MICROGLIA -->|"associated with"| DAP12
    ALZHEIMER -->|"associated with"| DAP12
    style DAP12 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0

Outgoing (140)

TargetRelationTypeStr
Nasu-Hakola Diseasecausesdisease0.95
Endoplasmic Reticulumtransportsorganelle0.90
Microglia Activationmediatesprocess0.90
immunoreceptor signalingactivatesprocess0.85
Proteasomal Degradationinvolved_inprocess0.85

Incoming (64)

SourceRelationTypeStr
MS4A6Abindsprotein0.90
RER1regulatesprotein0.90
h-d2937ed0targets_genehypothesis0.90
RER1interacts_withprotein0.88
TREM2regulatesprotein0.70

Targeting Hypotheses (1)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
TREM2-DAP12 Signalosome Enhancement — Boosting PI3K-AKT-mTOR 0.451 Alzheimer's disease TREM2 agonism vs antagonism in DAM micro

Mentioning Analyses (3)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Tau propagation mechanisms and therapeutic interception points

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-04 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.487

Which cell types show the most significant expression changes for neurodegenerat

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-03 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.529

Synaptic pruning by microglia in early AD

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-01 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.503

Related Papers (1)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMIDAuthorsJournalYearCitations
Trem2-dependent Insl3 regulation via Dap12-Syk-PI3K pathway: A new pathogenic me [PMID:41038403] Ye S, Wu C, Huang S, Fan H, Zhang Z et a Genomics 2025 0