Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about IL11: 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.
IL11 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, associated with, therapeutic target. Associated with Cancer, Fibrosis, Inflammation. Connected to 24 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | IL11 |
| Aliases | AGIF, OPN, oprelvekin |
| Chromosome | 19q13.4 |
| Protein Type | IL-6 family cytokine |
| Function | IL-11 has diverse biological functions spanning multiple organ systems: |
| Primary Expression | various cell types and has been implicated in neuroinflammation, astrocyte function, and neurodegenerative diseases[@du2016][@gadient1998][@schwab2021 |
| Molecular Weight | ~19 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 199 aa |
| Pathways | Apoptosis, Metastasis, Tumor Microenvironment, osteoblastogenesis |
| UniProt ID | P20815 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 3609 |
| OMIM | 147681 |
| GeneCards | IL11 |
| Human Protein Atlas | IL11 |
| Protein Class | IL-6 family cytokine |
| Associated Diseases | neurodegeneration |
| Interactions | IL11R, EGFR, CD8, APOPTOSIS, CANCER, ASTROCYTES |
| KG Connections | 23 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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IL11["<b>IL11</b>"]
osteoblastogenesis(["osteoblastogenesis"])
IL11 -->|"activates"| osteoblastogenesis
IL11R["IL11R"]
IL11 -->|"interacts with"| IL11R
Fibrosis{"Fibrosis"}
IL11 -->|"therapeutic target"| Fibrosis
Inflammation{"Inflammation"}
IL11 -->|"therapeutic target"| Inflammation
STAT3["STAT3"]
IL11 -->|"associated with"| STAT3
Mtor(["Mtor"])
IL11 -->|"associated with"| Mtor
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
IL11 -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration
MTOR["MTOR"]
MTOR -->|"associated with"| IL11
ERK["ERK"]
ERK -->|"associated with"| IL11
IL6["IL6"]
IL6 -->|"associated with"| IL11
JAK["JAK"]
JAK -->|"associated with"| IL11
CYTOKINES["CYTOKINES"]
CYTOKINES -->|"associated with"| IL11
INFLAMMATION["INFLAMMATION"]
INFLAMMATION -->|"therapeutic target"| IL11
style IL11 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| osteoblastogenesis | activates | pathway | 0.90 |
| IL11R | interacts_with | protein | 0.76 |
| Fibrosis | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Lung Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| STAT3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Mtor | associated_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Metastasis | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Tumor Microenvironment | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTOR | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| EGFR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CD8 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ERK | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CYTOKINES | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ASTROCYTES | 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
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Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity
| Experiment | Type | Disease | Score | Feasibility | Model | Status | Est. Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No experiments found | |||||||
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Multi-agent debates referencing this entity
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