Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about PAH: 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.
PAH is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: associated with, activates, regulates. Associated with ALS, Aging, Als. Connected to 139 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | PAH |
| Full Name | PAH |
| Chromosome | 12q23.2 |
| Protein Type | Gene |
| Function | PAH catalyzes the hydroxylation of phenylalanine to tyrosine |
| Primary Expression | the liver but is also expressed in the kidney and brain |
| Amino Acids | 527 aa |
| Pathways | Apoptosis |
| NCBI Gene ID | Search NCBI |
| GeneCards | PAH |
| Human Protein Atlas | PAH |
| Associated Diseases | ALS, Aging, Alzheimer, Atherosclerosis, Autism |
| Interactions | LDLR, GFAP, LRP4, LRP8, LRP5, LRP1 |
| KG Connections | 207 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
graph TD
PAH["PAH"]
PAH -->|"target for"| Cardiovascular["Cardiovascular"]
PAH -->|"activates"| Als["Als"]
PAH -->|"target for"| Ms["Ms"]
PAH -->|"activates"| Heart_Failure["Heart Failure"]
PAH -->|"expressed in"| Fibrosis["Fibrosis"]
PAH -->|"target for"| Cancer["Cancer"]
PAH -->|"expressed in"| Hypertension["Hypertension"]
PAH -->|"expressed in"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
PAH -->|"target for"| Tumor["Tumor"]
VASCULAR_REMODELING["VASCULAR_REMODELING"] -->|"causes"| PAH
KCNK2["KCNK2"] -->|"regulates"| PAH
KCNK1["KCNK1"] -->|"regulates"| PAH
KCNK3["KCNK3"] -->|"regulates"| PAH
KCNK6["KCNK6"] -->|"regulates"| PAH
PI3K["PI3K"] -->|"target for"| PAH
OVERVIEW["OVERVIEW"] -->|"target for"| PAH
LDLR["LDLR"] -->|"activates"| PAH
INFLAMMATION["INFLAMMATION"] -->|"regulates"| PAH| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension | associated_with | disease | 0.95 |
| Inflammation | activates | disease | 0.75 |
| Lipid Metabolism | activates | pathway | 0.70 |
| endothelial cells | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.70 |
| Cancer | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiovascular | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Atherosclerosis | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Stroke | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Heart Failure | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Hypertension | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Hepatitis | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ftd | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiovascular | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Obesity | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Schizophrenia | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Autism | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Carcinoma | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Infection | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Copd | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Asthma | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cystic Fibrosis | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | causes | disease | 0.65 |
| Pyroptosis | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ferroptosis | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Necroptosis | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Senescence | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Necroptosis | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| VASCULAR_REMODELING | causes | phenotype | 0.72 |
| LRP8 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LRP5 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LRP1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LRP2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LRP1B | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LRP4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| KCNK2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| KCNK1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| KCNK3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| KCNK6 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| OVERVIEW | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| LDLR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TGFB1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CFTR | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PTEN | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| REELIN | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| EPAS1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MYC | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SCN5A | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LDLR | associated_with | entity | 0.60 |
| CALR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| RIPK1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFSF10 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CMKLR1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CMKLR1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ABCC8 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| KLK1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| LDL | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| STROKE | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AGING | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GENETIC MODIFIERS | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MITOCHONDRIAL DNA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| COMPLEMENT | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYTOKINES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| FERROPTOSIS | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PROINFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES | activates | 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 | ||||