Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about HDAC4: 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.
HDAC4 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: associated with, inhibits, therapeutic target. Associated with ALS, Aging, Als. Connected to 50 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | HDAC4 |
| Full Name | Histone Deacetylase 4 |
| Chromosome | 2q37.3 |
| Protein Family | Histone deacetylase, Class IIa |
| Function | Histone Modification: Removes acetyl groups from lysine tails of histones H3 and H4 |
| Molecular Weight | 119 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 1088 aa |
| Pathways | NF-κB, AMPK |
| UniProt ID | [P56524](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P56524) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000113048 |
| OMIM | 605314 |
| GeneCards | HDAC4 |
| Human Protein Atlas | HDAC4 |
| Chromosomal location | 2q37.3 |
| Gene family | Histone deacetylase, Class IIa |
| Associated Diseases | ALS, Aging, Alzheimer, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Tumor, dementia |
| Interactions | MEF2A, AQP1, TNF, CDK2, HUNTINGTIN, DNAJB6 |
| KG Connections | 182 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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HDAC4["<b>HDAC4</b>"]
Senescence{"Senescence"}
HDAC4 -->|"therapeutic target"| Senescence
Aging{"Aging"}
HDAC4 -->|"inhibits"| Aging
Ms{"Ms"}
HDAC4 -->|"inhibits"| Ms
Cardiovascular{"Cardiovascular"}
HDAC4 -->|"therapeutic target"| Cardiovascular
Tumor{"Tumor"}
HDAC4 -->|"therapeutic target"| Tumor
Als{"Als"}
HDAC4 -->|"therapeutic target"| Als
HDAC4 -->|"associated with"| Aging
HDAC4 -->|"inhibits"| Senescence
HDAC4 -->|"inhibits"| Cardiovascular
HDAC4 -->|"associated with"| Tumor
ALS{"ALS"}
HDAC4 -->|"associated with"| ALS
MEF2A["MEF2A"]
HDAC4 -->|"inhibits"| MEF2A
HDAC7["HDAC7"]
HDAC7 -->|"associated with"| HDAC4
PTEN["PTEN"]
PTEN -->|"associated with"| HDAC4
MEF2A -->|"inhibits"| HDAC4
DNA["DNA"]
DNA -->|"inhibits"| HDAC4
PI3K["PI3K"]
PI3K -->|"therapeutic target"| HDAC4
GENES["GENES"]
GENES -->|"therapeutic target"| HDAC4
AMPK["AMPK"]
AMPK -->|"associated with"| HDAC4
AQP1["AQP1"]
AQP1 -->|"inhibits"| HDAC4
AKT["AKT"]
AKT -->|"therapeutic target"| HDAC4
PI3K -->|"associated with"| HDAC4
AND["AND"]
AND -->|"inhibits"| HDAC4
AGING["AGING"]
AGING -->|"inhibits"| HDAC4
style HDAC4 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEF2 | interacts_with | protein | 0.95 |
| MEF2 TARGET GENES | downregulates | gene | 0.95 |
| Transformation | causes | process | 0.90 |
| MEF2 Target Genes | downregulates | process | 0.90 |
| Gene Repression | mediates | process | 0.90 |
| Soft Tissue Sarcoma | associated_with | disease | 0.85 |
| epigenetic regulation | participates_in | pathway | 0.80 |
| Senescence | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiovascular | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Senescence | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiovascular | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiac | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Dementia | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| MEF2A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AQP1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC7 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| PTEN | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC3 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC6 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MEF2A | regulates | entity | 0.60 |
| PTEN | regulates | entity | 0.60 |
| CDK2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| HUNTINGTIN | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SYN1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GRM3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DNAJB6 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CDK4 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| HTT | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| JUN | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| JNK | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| MEF2C | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Dendritic Spine | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| GRIA1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDAC7 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PTEN | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MEF2A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| AQP1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AQP1 | regulates | entity | 0.60 |
| DNAJB6 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CDK4 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| JNK | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| MEF2C | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GRIA1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| REST | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CDK2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| GRM3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SYN1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HUNTINGTIN | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CD4 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC3 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| AMPK | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AGING | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AMPK | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CYTOKINES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SIK3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AGING | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MEF2 TARGET GENES | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GSK3 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| C-JUN | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| DEMENTIA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC | cleaves | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC1 | inhibits | gene | 0.55 |
| HDAC | inhibits | gene | 0.55 |
| HDAC1 | co_expressed_with | protein | 0.50 |
| HDAC3 | co_expressed_with | gene | 0.50 |
| CDK4 | co_expressed_with | gene | 0.50 |
| DNAJB6 | co_expressed_with | gene | 0.50 |
| GRIA1 | co_expressed_with | gene | 0.50 |
| GRM3 | co_expressed_with | gene | 0.50 |
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 | ||||