Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about HFE: 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.
HFE is a protein involved in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: regulates, interacts with, expressed in. Associated with ALS, Als, Ischemia. Connected to 18 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | HFE |
| Aliases | Page for HFE Protein |
| Chromosome | 6p22.2 |
| Function | The HFE gene encodes a 348-amino acid transmembrane protein that is structurally related to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I proteins |
| Primary Expression | various brain regions including cortex, hippocampus, basal ganglia |
| Molecular Weight | 40 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 348 aa |
| Pathways | Endocytosis |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000070010 |
| GeneCards | HFE |
| Human Protein Atlas | HFE |
| Molecular weight | ~40 kDa |
| Structure | MHC class I-like fold with alpha-1, alpha-2, alpha-3 domains |
| Transmembrane domain | Single pass at C-terminus |
| Binding | Binds beta-2-microglobulin; interacts with TfR1 |
| Associated Diseases | ALS |
| Interactions | AND, CAT, TFR1, GSK3 |
| KG Connections | 42 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
graph TD
HFE["<b>HFE</b>"]
Ischemia{"Ischemia"}
HFE -->|"regulates"| Ischemia
Ms{"Ms"}
HFE -->|"interacts with"| Ms
Als{"Als"}
HFE -->|"regulates"| Als
HFE -->|"associated with"| Als
Tumor{"Tumor"}
HFE -->|"interacts with"| Tumor
ALS{"ALS"}
HFE -->|"regulates"| ALS
Endocytosis(["Endocytosis"])
HFE -->|"regulates"| Endocytosis
TFR1["TFR1"]
HFE -->|"regulates"| TFR1
JUN["JUN"]
HFE -->|"regulates"| JUN
MITOCHONDRIA["MITOCHONDRIA"]
HFE -->|"regulates"| MITOCHONDRIA
Neuron["Neuron"]
HFE -->|"expressed in"| Neuron
T_Cell["T Cell"]
HFE -->|"expressed in"| T_Cell
JUN -->|"regulates"| HFE
TFR1 -->|"regulates"| HFE
CAT["CAT"]
CAT -->|"interacts with"| HFE
TFR1 -->|"interacts with"| HFE
MITOCHONDRIA -->|"regulates"| HFE
AND["AND"]
AND -->|"interacts with"| HFE
style HFE fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| ds-83b31ef18d49 | provides_data_for | dataset | 1.00 |
| Ischemia | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| TFR1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JUN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Ferritin | regulates | protein | 0.60 |
| Transferrin | regulates | protein | 0.60 |
| LRRK2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PINK1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PRKN | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SNCA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Endocytosis | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| MITOCHONDRIA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Dopaminergic | regulates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| T Cell | regulates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Neuron | regulates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Hepatocyte | interacts_with | cell_type | 0.60 |
| ALS | associated_with | disease | 0.60 |
| apoptosis pathway | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| autophagy pathway | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| Parkinson's disease | activates | disease | 0.60 |
| Wnt signaling | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| Neuron | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| T Cell | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| benchmark_ot_ad_answer_key:HFE | data_in | dataset_row | 0.00 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| ds-83b31ef18d49 | data_in | dataset | 1.00 |
| JUN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TFR1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CAT | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TFR1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| DJ1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| FBXO7 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GBA1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| C9ORF72 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MITOCHONDRIA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GSK3 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| benchmark_ot_ad_answer_key:HFE | data_in | dataset_row | 0.00 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-15 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.586
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||