Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about NDRG2: 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.
NDRG2 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, associated with, inhibits. Associated with Als, Alzheimer, Dementia. Connected to 47 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | NDRG2 |
| Full Name | N-myc Downstream Regulated Gene 2 |
| Chromosome | 14q11.2 |
| Protein Family | NDRG (N-myc downstream regulated) family |
| Function | is a member of the NDRG family (NDRG1-4) that functions as a stress-responsive differentiation marker. |
| Primary Expression | Brain, heart, kidney, skeletal muscle |
| Molecular Weight | 43 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 371 aa |
| Exons | 16 |
| Pathways | Apoptosis, Autophagy, Blood-Brain Barrier, Cell Cycle, Differentiation |
| UniProt ID | Q9ULL5 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 57412 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000112144 |
| GeneCards | NDRG2 |
| Human Protein Atlas | NDRG2 |
| Associated Diseases | Alzheimer, Dementia, Depression, Diabetes, Glioma, Neurodegeneration |
| Interactions | DUSP1, PPP5C, EXERCISE, COMPLEMENT, CCND1, JUN |
| KG Connections | 124 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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NDRG2["<b>NDRG2</b>"]
Diabetes{"Diabetes"}
NDRG2 -->|"associated with"| Diabetes
Dementia{"Dementia"}
NDRG2 -->|"inhibits"| Dementia
EXERCISE["EXERCISE"]
NDRG2 -->|"inhibits"| EXERCISE
COMPLEMENT["COMPLEMENT"]
NDRG2 -->|"activates"| COMPLEMENT
AND["AND"]
NDRG2 -->|"activates"| AND
Nf__b(["Nf-Kappab"])
NDRG2 -->|"activates"| Nf__b
Complement(["Complement"])
NDRG2 -->|"activates"| Complement
Synaptic_Plasticity(["Synaptic Plasticity"])
NDRG2 -->|"inhibits"| Synaptic_Plasticity
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
NDRG2 -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration
NF__B["NF-KappaB"]
NF__B -->|"activates"| NDRG2
DEMENTIA["DEMENTIA"]
DEMENTIA -->|"inhibits"| NDRG2
style NDRG2 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMP9 | upregulates | gene | 0.80 |
| MYC | regulates | gene | 0.70 |
| Diabetes | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Dementia | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioma | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Depression | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Stroke | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ischemia | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioblastoma | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ischemia | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Dementia | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Depression | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| SOX9 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYH2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| VPS37B | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NFKBIA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CALM2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NPY1R | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SOX2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MERTK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| IRF1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ADCY9 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| LITAF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Nfkb | regulates | protein | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| EXERCISE | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| COMPLEMENT | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Nf-Κb | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Complement | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Synaptic Plasticity | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Blood-Brain Barrier | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Differentiation | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Neurogenesis | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Differentiation | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Nf-Κb | associated_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| EXERCISE | protects_against | gene | 0.60 |
| DEMENTIA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Neuron | protects_against | cell_type | 0.60 |
| MTORC1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TSC22D3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| JUN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PPP5C | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JUN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ADRA1D | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PDK4 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| LITAF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6R | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MERTK | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DUSP1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ADCY9 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SOX2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CDKN1A | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SESN1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| IRF1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NPY1R | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| VPS37B | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NFKBIA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYH2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CALM2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SOX9 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYC | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DLL1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BACE1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NF-ΚB | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DEMENTIA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PARKINSON'S DISEASE | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PARKINSON | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ASTROCYTES | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ASTROCYTE | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| STROKE | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| DEPRESSION | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GLIOBLASTOMA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| C-JUN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ASTROCYTES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ASTROCYTE | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EXERCISE | protects_against | gene | 0.60 |
| DEMENTIA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NF-ΚB | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | protects_against | gene | 0.60 |
| CCND1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TSC22D3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
No analyses mention this entity
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||