Inflammation

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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about Inflammation: 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.

Summary

Inflammation is the body's immune response to harmful stimuli including pathogens, damaged cells, and toxic compounds. In the central nervous system, neuroinflammation plays a dual role: acute inflammation promotes tissue repair and pathogen clearance, while chronic inflammation drives neurodegeneration through oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, and sustained cytokine release.

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graph TD
    subgraph Pathology["Pathology"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -->|"associated with"| Lipid_Metabolism["Lipid Metabolism"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -->|"associated with"| Als["Als"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -->|"associated with"| Aging["Aging"]
    end
    subgraph Signaling["Signaling"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -->|"activates"| Nf__b["Nf-Kappab"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -->|"activates"| Complement["Complement"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -->|"activates"| Phagocytosis["Phagocytosis"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -->|"activates"| Immune_Response["Immune Response"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -->|"activates"| Oxidative_Stress["Oxidative Stress"]
        Inflammation["Inflammation"] -.->|"inhibits"| Nf__b_1["Nf-Kappab"]
        STING["STING"] -->|"activates"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
        APOE["APOE"] -.->|"inhibits"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
        JUN["JUN"] -->|"activates"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
        CD4["CD4"] -->|"regulates"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
        JUN_2["JUN"] -->|"regulates"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
    end
    subgraph Therapeutic["Therapeutic"]
        TNF["TNF"] -->|"expressed in"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
    end
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    style Lipid_Metabolism fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style Nf__b fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style Complement fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style Phagocytosis fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style Als fill:#ef5350,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style Immune_Response fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style Oxidative_Stress fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style Nf__b_1 fill:#1b5e20,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style Aging fill:#ef5350,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style STING fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style TNF fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style APOE fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style JUN fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style CD4 fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0
    style JUN_2 fill:#4a1a6b,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:1px,color:#e0e0e0