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MOTOR NEURON LOSS

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0Hypotheses

1Analyses

2Outgoing

12Incoming

0Experiments

1Debates

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💡 Concept Info

Name	MOTOR NEURON LOSS

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS[MOTOR NEURON LOSS]
    MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS -->|causes| Muscle_Weakness[Muscle Weakness]
    MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS -->|causes| Muscle_Atrophy[Muscle Atrophy]
    Amyotrophic_Lateral_Sclerosis[Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis] -->|causes| MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS
    ALS[ALS] -->|causes| MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS
    DNAJB6_overexpression[DNAJB6 overexpression] -->|inhibits| MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS
    Tdp_43[Tdp-43] -->|causes| MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS
    Glia[Glia] -->|contributes to| MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS
    SOD1[SOD1] -->|contributes to| MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS
    TARDBP[TARDBP] -->|causes| MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS
    ATXN2_Reduction[ATXN2 Reduction] -.protects against.-> MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS
    TDP_43_mislocalisation[TDP-43 mislocalisation] -->|promotes| MOTOR_NEURON_LOSS

Outgoing (2)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Muscle Weakness	causes	phenotype	0.95
Muscle Atrophy	causes	phenotype	0.95

Incoming (12)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
ALS	causes	disease	0.95
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	causes	disease	0.95
Tdp-43	causes	protein	0.90
DNAJB6 overexpression	inhibits	mechanism	0.90
TDP-43	associated_with	protein	0.85
TARDBP	causes	protein	0.85
SOD1	contributes_to	gene	0.85
SOD1	involved_in	gene	0.85
Glia	contributes_to	cell_type	0.85
ATXN2 Reduction	protects_against	mechanism	0.80
TDP-43 mislocalisation	promotes	process	0.70
GPX4 knockout	causes	mechanism	0.70

Targeting Hypotheses (0)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
No targeting hypotheses

Mentioning Analyses (1)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Is ferroptosis the primary driver of motor neuron death in ALS or an epiphenomen

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-18 | 4 hypotheses Top: 0.538

Experiments (0)

Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity

Experiment	Type	Disease	Score	Feasibility	Model	Status	Est. Cost
No experiments found

Related Papers (0)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMID	Authors	Journal	Year	Citations
No papers found

Debates (1)

Multi-agent debates referencing this entity

The debate highlighted compelling correlative evidence for ferroptosis markers i

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.50 · 2026-04-18