Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about NF1: 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.
NF1 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, associated with, regulates. Associated with Als, Ataxia, Cancer. Connected to 157 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | NF1 |
| Full Name | Neurofibromin 1 |
| Chromosome | 17q11.2 |
| Function | encodes a large tumor suppressor protein that negatively regulates the Ras signaling pathway. |
| Primary Expression | the nervous system: |
| Molecular Weight | 327 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 818 aa |
| Exons | 60 |
| Pathways | MAPK signaling |
| UniProt ID | [P21359](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P21359) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000196712 |
| OMIM | 613113 |
| GeneCards | NF1 |
| Human Protein Atlas | NF1 |
| Neuronal development | Regulation of neural progenitor proliferation and differentiation |
| Associated Diseases | ALS, Cancer, Epilepsy, Glioblastoma, Glioma |
| Interactions | TERT, CDK4, NRAS, POT1, AKT, MTOR |
| KG Connections | 265 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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NF1["NF1"]
NF1 -->|"causes"| neurofibromatosis_type_1["neurofibromatosis type 1"]
NF1 -->|"causes"| Tumor["Tumor"]
NF1 -->|"regulates"| RAS["RAS"]
NF1 -->|"regulates"| MAPK["MAPK"]
NF1 -->|"encodes"| neurofibromin["neurofibromin"]
NF1 -->|"target for"| Cancer["Cancer"]
NF1 -->|"target for"| Ms["Ms"]
NF1 -->|"target for"| Glioblastoma["Glioblastoma"]
BRAF["BRAF"] -->|"activates"| NF1
TP53["TP53"] -->|"activates"| NF1
EGFR["EGFR"] -->|"activates"| NF1
RB1["RB1"] -->|"activates"| NF1
TEAD1["TEAD1"] -->|"target for"| NF1
GENES["GENES"] -->|"target for"| NF1
MTOR["MTOR"] -->|"inhibits"| NF1
ERK["ERK"] -->|"inhibits"| NF1
PI3K["PI3K"] -->|"inhibits"| NF1
AKT["AKT"] -->|"inhibits"| NF1| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.95 |
| neurofibromatosis type 1 | causes | disease | 0.90 |
| Tumor | inhibits | disease | 0.85 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.85 |
| Tumor | causes | disease | 0.80 |
| RAS | regulates | pathway | 0.80 |
| MAPK | regulates | pathway | 0.80 |
| Tumor | associated_with | disease | 0.75 |
| Tumor | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.75 |
| Glioblastoma | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.75 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.75 |
| Tumor | activates | disease | 0.75 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.75 |
| Als | inhibits | disease | 0.75 |
| Tumor | treats | disease | 0.75 |
| Als | treats | disease | 0.75 |
| neurofibromin | encodes | protein | 0.70 |
| NF2 | associated_with | gene | 0.70 |
| Cancer | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioblastoma | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioblastoma | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioblastoma | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cirrhosis | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Carcinoma | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ataxia | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | implicated_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | implicated_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioblastoma | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Melanoma | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Colorectal Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Melanoma | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioma | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioma | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | treats | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Epilepsy | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| TP53 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GBM | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BRAF | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRED1 | interacts_with | protein | 0.95 |
| BRAF | activates | gene | 0.80 |
| BRAF | associated_with | gene | 0.70 |
| TP53 | activates | gene | 0.70 |
| PTEN | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| RB1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TP53 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| EGFR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| RB1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CDK4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TEAD1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| EGFR | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| FGFR3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NF2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SMARCB1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TP53 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR4 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| SOD2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| SOD1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NOTCH3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| FLCN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NOTCH1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATM | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NBN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BRIP1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| STK11 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CHEK2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PTEN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BRCA1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PALB2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RAD51 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GBM | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| IDH1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TERT | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CDKN2A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| VEGF | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| OVERVIEW | treats | gene | 0.60 |
| OVERVIEW | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SOX10 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NRAS | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PIK3CA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| FGFR1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
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 | ||||