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SCHWANN CELLS

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💡 Concept Info
NameSCHWANN CELLS
Key Genes/ProteinsSFRP1, TREM2
Related DiseasesSomatosensory Neuron Excitability, DIABETES
Related PathwaysNLRP3 INFLAMMASOME
Linked Hypotheses1 hypotheses

Wiki Pages (20)

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    SCHWANN_CELLS["SCHWANN CELLS"]
    SCHWANN_CELLS -->|"expressed in"| SFRP1["SFRP1"]
    SCHWANN_CELLS -->|"activates"| Somatosensory_Neuron_Excitabil["Somatosensory Neuron Excitability"]
    SCHWANN_CELLS -->|"expressed in"| Prostaglandin_E["Prostaglandin E"]
    SCHWANN_CELLS -->|"regulates"| SPINAL_CORD["SPINAL CORD"]
    PGC_1_["PGC-1alpha"] -->|"expressed in"| SCHWANN_CELLS
    GDNF["GDNF"] -->|"interacts"| SCHWANN_CELLS
    NEUROINFLAMMATION["NEUROINFLAMMATION"] -->|"produces"| SCHWANN_CELLS
    INFLAMMATION["INFLAMMATION"] -->|"implicated in"| SCHWANN_CELLS
    MICROGLIA["MICROGLIA"] -->|"implicated in"| SCHWANN_CELLS
    ASTROCYTES["ASTROCYTES"] -->|"implicated in"| SCHWANN_CELLS
    DIABETES["DIABETES"] -->|"implicated in"| SCHWANN_CELLS
    MYELIN["MYELIN"] -->|"implicated in"| SCHWANN_CELLS

Outgoing (7)

TargetRelationTypeStr
SFRP1expressed_inprotein0.95
Somatosensory Neuron Excitabilityactivatesphenotype0.90
Prostaglandin Eexpressed_incompound0.85
MICROGLIAactivatescell_type0.65
SPINAL CORDassociated_withbrain_region0.45

Incoming (39)

SourceRelationTypeStr
TREM2inhibitsgene0.65
NLRP3 INFLAMMASOMEassociated_withpathway0.45
NEUROINFLAMMATIONproducesprocess0.35
INFLAMMATIONimplicated_inprocess0.35
MICROGLIAimplicated_incell_type0.35

Targeting Hypotheses (1)

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HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
GDNF Gradient Establishment by Schwann Cells Enables Motor R 0.585 neurodegeneration What molecular mechanisms enable functio

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