Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about Microglia: 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.
Microglia is a cell type relevant to neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: expressed in, involved in, associated with. Associated with Alzheimer's Disease, Amyloidosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Connected to 313 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Cell Type | Microglia |
| Associated Diseases | Alzheimer's Disease, Amyloidosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy |
| Related Genes | SNCA, TNF-Α |
| Linked Hypotheses | 176 hypotheses |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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MICROGLIA(["MICROGLIA"])
NEUROINFLAMMATION(["NEUROINFLAMMATION"])
NEURON(["NEURON"])
TAU(["TAU"])
NEURODEGENERATION(["NEURODEGENERATION"])
Neurodegeneration["Neurodegeneration"]
Alzheimer["Alzheimer"]
Als["Als"]
Parkinson["Parkinson"]
Neuroinflammation["Neuroinflammation"]
Inflammation["Inflammation"]
Toll_Like_Receptor["Toll-Like Receptor"]
MICROGLIA -->|"associated with"| NEUROINFLAMMATION
MICROGLIA -->|"associated with"| NEURON
MICROGLIA -->|"associated with"| TAU
MICROGLIA -->|"associated with"| NEURODEGENERATION
MICROGLIA -->|"associated with"| Neurodegeneration
MICROGLIA -->|"regulates"| Alzheimer
MICROGLIA -->|"regulates"| Als
MICROGLIA -->|"regulates"| Neurodegeneration
MICROGLIA -->|"activates"| NEUROINFLAMMATION
MICROGLIA -->|"activates"| Parkinson
MICROGLIA -->|"activates"| Neuroinflammation
MICROGLIA -->|"activates"| Inflammation
MICROGLIA -->|"activates"| Toll_Like_Receptor
MICROGLIA -->|"activates"| NEURODEGENERATION
MICROGLIA -->|"activates"| Alzheimer
style MICROGLIA fill:#006494,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amyloid-Beta Deposits | degrades | structure | 0.98 |
| Brain Homeostasis | associated_with | process | 0.95 |
| Neurodegeneration | involved_in | process | 0.95 |
| Synaptic Plasticity | regulates | process | 0.95 |
| Learning and Memory | regulates | process | 0.95 |
| SNCA | cleaves | protein | 0.95 |
| Synucleinphagy | involved_in | process | 0.95 |
| Neurodegeneration | protects_against | disease | 0.95 |
| Synaptic Pruning | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Synapse Loss | mediates | phenotype | 0.95 |
| TNF-Α | associated_with | protein | 0.95 |
| Central Nervous System | expressed_in | process | 0.95 |
| Neuronal Death | causes | process | 0.95 |
| Yolk Sac Precursors | product_of | cell_type | 0.95 |
| Neuroinflammation | contributes_to | process | 0.95 |
| TREM2 | expressed_in | gene | 0.95 |
| Pro-inflammatory Factors | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Neuronal Autophagy | inhibits | process | 0.95 |
| Ferroptosis | involved_in | process | 0.95 |
| T Cell Infiltration | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Alzheimer Disease | contributes_to | disease | 0.95 |
| Glucose Metabolic Reprogramming | involved_in | process | 0.95 |
| Synapse Remodeling | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Neuroinflammation | modulates | process | 0.95 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | causes | disease | 0.95 |
| Amyloid-Beta Clearance | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Glucose Metabolism | regulates | pathway | 0.95 |
| SNCA | degrades | protein | 0.95 |
| Glucose Metabolism | involved_in | pathway | 0.95 |
| Post-Stroke Inflammation | involved_in | process | 0.95 |
| NLRP3 | expressed_in | protein | 0.95 |
| NEUROINFLAMMATION | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Synaptic Remodeling | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Extracellular Matrix | degrades | structure | 0.95 |
| Aβ42 | associated_with | protein | 0.95 |
| Phagocytosis | mediates | process | 0.95 |
| Aβ42 Fibrils | associated_with | compound | 0.95 |
| Inhibitory Synapses | mediates | structure | 0.94 |
| Learning And Memory | regulates | phenotype | 0.92 |
| Astrocyte-Synapse Contact | regulates | process | 0.92 |
| Oxidative Stress Response | involved_in | process | 0.91 |
| Glucose Metabolism | associated_with | process | 0.90 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | involved_in | disease | 0.90 |
| Parkinson's Disease | involved_in | disease | 0.90 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | involved_in | disease | 0.90 |
| Multiple Sclerosis | involved_in | disease | 0.90 |
| Synapses | associated_with | cell_type | 0.90 |
| Synaptic Elimination | involved_in | process | 0.90 |
| Neuroprotection | mediates | process | 0.90 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | associated_with | disease | 0.90 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Β-Hydroxybutyrate | regulates | compound | 0.98 |
| Dam | component_of | cell_type | 0.95 |
| CD22 | expressed_in | receptor | 0.95 |
| CD22 | modulates | receptor | 0.95 |
| Inflammasome | activates | process | 0.95 |
| NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME | activates | protein | 0.95 |
| IFI27L2A | expressed_in | gene | 0.95 |
| Microglial Pyroptosis | associated_with | process | 0.95 |
| AMYLOID BETA | activates | protein | 0.95 |
| OLFML3 | expressed_in | protein | 0.95 |
| Hemichannel Blockade | modulates | mechanism | 0.95 |
| TIM-3 | expressed_in | protein | 0.95 |
| P2X7R | expressed_in | receptor | 0.95 |
| Trem2-Apoe Pathway | regulates | pathway | 0.95 |
| IL4 | activates | entity | 0.95 |
| α-synuclein | activates | protein | 0.95 |
| Alzheimer'S Disease | associated_with | disease | 0.95 |
| CSF1R Inhibition | modulates | mechanism | 0.95 |
| IL33R | expressed_in | receptor | 0.95 |
| IPA | modulates | compound | 0.95 |
| SNCA | interacts_with | protein | 0.94 |
| APOB | binds | protein | 0.93 |
| Yolk Sac Precursors | product_of | cell_type | 0.92 |
| SPP1 | modulates | protein | 0.92 |
| CD2AP | expressed_in | protein | 0.92 |
| Glycometabolic Reprogramming | modulates | process | 0.92 |
| Extracellular Vesicles | interacts_with | compound | 0.92 |
| Connexin43 Hemichannel Blockade | modulates | mechanism | 0.90 |
| Perivascular Cells | modulates | cell_type | 0.90 |
| KV1.3 | expressed_in | protein | 0.90 |
| SNCA | activates | protein | 0.90 |
| NPTX2 | modulates | protein | 0.90 |
| Iba1 | biomarker_for | biomarker | 0.90 |
| TREM2-APOE Pathway | modulates | pathway | 0.90 |
| MNPs@FMN | targets | drug | 0.90 |
| Alzheimer's Disease | associated_with | disease | 0.90 |
| Act001 | modulates | compound | 0.90 |
| Iron Accumulation | modulates | process | 0.90 |
| FPR1 | expressed_in | receptor | 0.90 |
| Iron Overload | associated_with | phenotype | 0.90 |
| Iron | associated_with | compound | 0.90 |
| CX3CL1 | interacts_with | protein | 0.90 |
| Polystyrene Nanoplastics | activates | compound | 0.90 |
| Minocycline | inhibits | drug | 0.90 |
| SPI1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.90 |
| Glycometabolic Reprogramming | involved_in | process | 0.90 |
| Astrocyte | interacts_with | cell_type | 0.90 |
| Ros | activates | process | 0.90 |
| NLRP3 Inflammasome | activates | pathway | 0.90 |
| Perivascular Cells | activates | cell_type | 0.90 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
neuroinflammation | 2026-04-15 | 1 hypotheses Top: 0.650
neuroimmunology | 2026-04-15 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.674
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-15 | 0 hypotheses
neuroinflammation | 2026-04-14 | 0 hypotheses
neuroinflammation | 2026-04-13 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.505
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microglia-Mediated Neuroinflammation: A Potential Target for the Treatment of Ca [PMID:35642214] | Wang M, Pan W, Xu Y, Zhang J, Wan J, Jia | J Inflamm Res | 2022 | 1 |
| TREM2, microglia, and Alzheimer's disease. [PMID:33516818] | Qin Q, Teng Z, Liu C, Li Q, Yin Y, Tang | Mech Ageing Dev | 2021 | 1 |
| Human and mouse single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal TREM2-dependent and TREM2- [PMID:31932797] | Zhou Y, Song WM, Andhey PS, Swain A, Lev | Nat Med | 2020 | 1 |
| TREM2 Maintains Microglial Metabolic Fitness in Alzheimer's Disease. [PMID:28802038] | Ulland TK, Song WM, Huang SC, Ulrich JD, | Cell | 2017 | 1 |
| The TREM2-APOE Pathway Drives the Transcriptional Phenotype of Dysfunctional Mic [PMID:28930663] | Krasemann S, Madore C, Cialic R, Baufeld | Immunity | 2017 | 1 |
| Modulating LRP1 Pathways in Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanistic Insights and Emergi [PMID:41772271] | Mushtaq T, Hameed H, Khan MA, Tariq U, H | Molecular neurobiology | 2026 | 0 |
| Macrophagic Sclerostin Loop2-ApoER2 Interaction Required by Sclerostin for Cardi [PMID:41276911] | Wang L, Tao X, Zhang N, Yang X, Jiang H | Adv Sci (Weinh) | 2026 | 0 |
| APOE Genotype Modulates the Relationship of Stroke With Dementia Risk: Associati [PMID:41404739] | Zhang CH, Huang LY, Feng YG, Tan CC, Tan | J Am Heart Assoc | 2026 | 0 |
| High- and Low-Fat Dairy Consumption and Long-Term Risk of Dementia: Evidence Fro [PMID:41406402] | Du Y, Borné Y, Samuelsson J, Glans I, Hu | Neurology | 2026 | 0 |
| Prime Editing of Alzheimer's Disease High-Risk APOE4 Allele by Brain-Directed Ad [PMID:41449667] | Günaydin C, Hackett NR, Wakim V, Sondhi | Hum Gene Ther | 2026 | 0 |
| The role of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease: Pathophysiology, biomarkers, and [PMID:41527736] | Abedin MJ, Kastanenka KV | J Alzheimers Dis | 2026 | 0 |
| Endothelial TBK1 Deficiency Inhibits Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and A [PMID:41685426] | Pu Y, Dong P, He L, Huang J, Wu Y et al. | Circ Res | 2026 | 0 |
| Lipidome and proteome of astrocyte and microglia ApoE lipoprotein reveal differe [PMID:41692246] | Strickland MR, Wang Z, Golden LR, Wang H | J Lipid Res | 2026 | 0 |
| Protective mutations associated with APOE in Alzheimer's disease. [PMID:41703264] | Ma Y, Li Y, Wu G, Liu L, Tian M et al. | Mol Psychiatry | 2026 | 0 |
| HTRA1 and Brain Disorders: A Balancing Act Across Neurodegeneration and Repair. [PMID:41932381] | Hjæresen S, Gramkow ET, Zhang M, Svennin | Prog Neurobiol | 2026 | 0 |
| Trajectories of frailty, grip strength and gait speed preceding dementia: a nest [PMID:41936045] | Wu Z, Phyo AZZ, Cribb L, Vishwanath S, O | Age Ageing | 2026 | 0 |
| Amyloid-related imaging abnormalities in Japanese patients with Alzheimer's dise [PMID:41936348] | Shimasaki R, Kurihara M, Bannai T, Hatan | J Prev Alzheimers Dis | 2026 | 0 |
| Apolipoprotein E proteotyping as a valid alternative to genotyping in clinical p [PMID:41940854] | Alcalá Ramírez Del Puerto JM, Ortega-Mad | J Alzheimers Dis | 2026 | 0 |
| Opposing patterns of blood-brain barrier permeability and Alzheimer's disease bi [PMID:41942760] | Bernocchi F, Bonomi CG, Poli M, Di Donna | Neurological sciences : offici | 2026 | 0 |
| Structural MRI phenotyping in Alzheimer's disease: Comparison of visual rating s [PMID:41943971] | Aracki-Trenkic A, Živanović M, Milošević | Biomol Biomed | 2026 | 0 |