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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about PDE4B: 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.
PDE4B is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: inhibits, activates, interacts with. Associated with Als, Alzheimer, Cardiac. Connected to 38 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | PDE4B |
| Full Name | Phosphodiesterase 4B |
| Chromosome | 1p31.3 |
| Protein Type | Enzyme |
| Function | is a member of the phosphodiesterase 4 family that specifically hydrolyzes cyclic AMP (cAMP), terminating cAMP-mediated signaling. |
| Primary Expression | brain - PDE4B2: 664 amino acids, the most abundant isoform in immune cells - PDE4B3: 726 amino acids, enriched in testis and brain - PDE4B4 |
| Subcellular Localization | and protein-protein interactions. The upstream control region contains multiple transcription factor binding sites, incl |
| Amino Acids | 721 aa |
| Exons | 16 |
| Pathways | Mitophagy, Oxidative Stress, neuronal apoptosis |
| UniProt ID | [Q07343](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q07343) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000104288 |
| OMIM | 610172 |
| GeneCards | PDE4B |
| Human Protein Atlas | PDE4B |
| Associated Diseases | ALS, Alzheimer, dementia |
| Interactions | APP, BDNF, PARKIN, APP/PS1, APOPTOSIS, BCL-2 |
| KG Connections | 94 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
graph TD
PDE4B["<b>PDE4B</b>"]
Dementia{"Dementia"}
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| Dementia
Alzheimer{"Alzheimer"}
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| Alzheimer
Als{"Als"}
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| Als
Ms{"Ms"}
PDE4B -->|"interacts with"| Ms
PDE4B -->|"therapeutic target"| Als
Schizophrenia{"Schizophrenia"}
PDE4B -->|"interacts with"| Schizophrenia
Apoptosis(["Apoptosis"])
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| Apoptosis
APP_PS1["APP/PS1"]
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| APP_PS1
APP["APP"]
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| APP
BDNF["BDNF"]
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| BDNF
APOPTOSIS["APOPTOSIS"]
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| APOPTOSIS
BCL_2["BCL-2"]
PDE4B -->|"inhibits"| BCL_2
APP -->|"inhibits"| PDE4B
BCL_2 -->|"inhibits"| PDE4B
BDNF -->|"inhibits"| PDE4B
ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE["ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE"]
ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE -->|"inhibits"| PDE4B
NDEL1["NDEL1"]
NDEL1 -->|"therapeutic target"| PDE4B
DISC1["DISC1"]
DISC1 -->|"interacts with"| PDE4B
style PDE4B fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| ds-83b31ef18d49 | provides_data_for | dataset | 1.00 |
| Dementia | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Schizophrenia | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Heart Failure | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiac | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Dementia | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| APP | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| BDNF | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PARKIN | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| neuronal apoptosis | inhibits | process | 0.60 |
| neuronal apoptosis | regulates | process | 0.60 |
| NTRK2 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| BDNF | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| DGKQ | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| FOXP2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CACNA1E | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DCC | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TRAF3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| APP | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| APP/PS1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL-2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Oxidative Stress | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Mitophagy | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| DEMENTIA | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| Camp Signaling | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CREB | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AXON | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| APP/PS1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MIR-155 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| MICRORNAS | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| Bdnf | expressed_in | protein | 0.60 |
| Ras | expressed_in | protein | 0.60 |
| Fus | expressed_in | protein | 0.60 |
| ALS | associated_with | disease | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| ds-83b31ef18d49 | data_in | dataset | 1.00 |
| APP | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| BDNF | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NDEL1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| DISC1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PINK1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PDE4D | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| SIRT1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NCAM1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GRIA1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GRM8 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ESR1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DGKQ | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| NTRK2 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| CACNA1E | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DCC | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| FOXP2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL-2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CREB | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MITOPHAGY | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| OXIDATIVE STRESS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CREB | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| APP/PS1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MICRORNAS | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| DEMENTIA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| BDNF | expressed_in | gene | 0.50 |
| APP | co_expressed_with | gene | 0.50 |
| CREB | co_expressed_with | protein | 0.50 |
| benchmark_ot_ad_answer_key:PDE4B | data_in | dataset_row | 0.00 |
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 | ||||