Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about IRE1: 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.
IRE1 is a protein involved in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, implicated in, expressed in. Associated with ALS. Connected to 23 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | IRE1 |
| Function | Inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1) is the most evolutionarily conserved sensor of the unfolded protein response (UPR) |
| Molecular Weight | 110 kDa |
| Pathways | Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress |
| GeneCards | IRE1 |
| Human Protein Atlas | IRE1 |
| Interactor | Relationship |
| [BiP/GRP78](/proteins/grp78) | ER luminal chaperone |
| [XBP1](/proteins/xbp1-protein) | Splicing substrate |
| [PERK](/proteins/eif2ak3-protein) | Parallel UPR sensor |
| [ATF6](/proteins/atf6-protein) | Parallel UPR sensor |
| TRAF2 | Kinase adaptor |
| Associated Diseases | Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Neurodegeneration |
| Known Drugs/Compounds | Dolutegravir, DTG, rapamycin |
| Interactions | IL6, CXCL1, ATF4, PPP1R15A, IL23A, CLDN5 |
| KG Connections | 225 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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IRE1["<b>IRE1</b>"]
ALS{"ALS"}
IRE1 -->|"activates"| ALS
IL6["IL6"]
IRE1 -->|"activates"| IL6
CXCL1["CXCL1"]
IRE1 -->|"activates"| CXCL1
Blood_Brain_Barrier(["Blood-Brain Barrier"])
IRE1 -->|"activates"| Blood_Brain_Barrier
Er_Stress(["Er Stress"])
IRE1 -->|"activates"| Er_Stress
ATF4["ATF4"]
IRE1 -->|"activates"| ATF4
PPP1R15A["PPP1R15A"]
IRE1 -->|"activates"| PPP1R15A
Endothelial_Cell["Endothelial Cell"]
IRE1 -->|"expressed in"| Endothelial_Cell
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
IRE1 -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration
Dolutegravir["Dolutegravir"]
Dolutegravir -->|"activates"| IRE1
XBP1["XBP1"]
XBP1 -->|"activates"| IRE1
ATF4 -->|"activates"| IRE1
HSPA5["HSPA5"]
HSPA5 -->|"activates"| IRE1
CXCL2["CXCL2"]
CXCL2 -->|"activates"| IRE1
CLDN5["CLDN5"]
CLDN5 -->|"activates"| IRE1
IL23A["IL23A"]
IL23A -->|"activates"| IRE1
PERK["PERK"]
PERK -->|"activates"| IRE1
PPP1R15A -->|"activates"| IRE1
DDIT3["DDIT3"]
DDIT3 -->|"activates"| IRE1
IL12B["IL12B"]
IL12B -->|"activates"| IRE1
CYTOKINES["CYTOKINES"]
CYTOKINES -->|"activates"| IRE1
style IRE1 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress | mediates | process | 0.90 |
| JNK | activates | pathway | 0.88 |
| Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress | involved_in | process | 0.85 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Obesity | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Pyroptosis | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiovascular | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| IL6 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCL1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATF4 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PPP1R15A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PERK | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| CLDN5 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| IL23A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CLDN5 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL12B | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSPA5 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCL2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DDIT3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| OCLN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCL2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCL1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| IL12B | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| OCLN | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| IL23A | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| BAX | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ER stress | activates | process | 0.60 |
| PERK | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LAMP1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| RBFOX3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| WDR45 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| neurodegeneration | activates | disease | 0.60 |
| JNK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PERK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| XBP1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PERK | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| XBP1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| ferroptosis | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| Blood-Brain Barrier | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Er Stress | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Blood-Brain Barrier | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolutegravir | activates | drug | 0.92 |
| DTG | activates | drug | 0.90 |
| XBP1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATF4 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSPA5 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCL2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CLDN5 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL23A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PERK | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PPP1R15A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DDIT3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL12B | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| OCLN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| IL12B | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCL1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| OCLN | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCL2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| IL23A | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| CLDN5 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| PPARGC1A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| JNK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PERK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RAGE | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NRF2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| EIF2AK3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ERN1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATF6 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CHOP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EIF2A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EIF2AK3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ERN1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSP70 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATF4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CHOP | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATF4 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| GPX4 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYTOKINES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYTOKINES | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| PYROPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| RNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GFP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| rapamycin | targets | drug | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| COX2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EIF2Α | activates | protein | 0.50 |
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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Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||