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SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE

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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE: 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.

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1Hypotheses

1Analyses

50Outgoing

50Incoming

0Experiments

1Debates

Summary

SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE is a concept in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: regulates, biomarker for, causes. Associated with ALS, Als, Alzheimer. Connected to 59 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.

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💡 Concept Info

Name	SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE
Key Genes/Proteins	ALZHEIMER, ALZHEIMER DISEASE, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AMYLOID, AMYLOID-BETA, AND
Related Diseases	Als, ALS, Alzheimer, Bipolar
Related Pathways	Amyloid

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Canonical Page

Sleep-Wake Cycle

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE["SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -.biomarker for.-> Alzheimer["Alzheimer"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -.biomarker for.-> Ms["Ms"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -.biomarker for.-> Dementia["Dementia"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -.biomarker for.-> Als["Als"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -->|"interacts"| Diabetes["Diabetes"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -->|"interacts"| Obesity["Obesity"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -->|"regulates"| Neuroinflammation["Neuroinflammation"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -->|"regulates"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
    SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE -->|"regulates"| ALS["ALS"]
    CIRCADIAN_CLOCK_GENES["CIRCADIAN CLOCK GENES"] -->|"regulates"| SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE
    Orexin["Orexin"] -->|"regulates"| SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE
    BMAL1["BMAL1"] -->|"regulates"| SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE
    ALZHEIMER_S_DISEASE["ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE"] -.biomarker for.-> SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE
    AMYLOID_BETA["AMYLOID-BETA"] -.biomarker for.-> SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE
    TAU["TAU"] -.biomarker for.-> SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE
    CRY["CRY"] -->|"regulates"| SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE
    OXIDATIVE_STRESS["OXIDATIVE STRESS"] -->|"regulates"| SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE
    CLOCK["CLOCK"] -->|"regulates"| SLEEP_WAKE_CYCLE

Outgoing (123)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Glymphatic system	regulates	pathway	0.95
Cardiovascular	regulates	disease	0.65
Metabolic Syndrome	regulates	disease	0.65
Neurodegeneration	regulates	disease	0.65
ALS	regulates	disease	0.65
Ms	regulates	disease	0.65
Als	regulates	disease	0.65
Inflammation	regulates	disease	0.65
Neuroinflammation	regulates	disease	0.65
Ms	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Cardiovascular	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Als	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Neurodegeneration	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Neuroinflammation	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Metabolic Syndrome	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Inflammation	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Ms	interacts_with	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	regulates	disease	0.65
Ms	activates	disease	0.65
Cancer	regulates	disease	0.65
Diabetes	interacts_with	disease	0.65
Neurodegeneration	associated_with	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	inhibits	disease	0.65
Obesity	interacts_with	disease	0.65
Ms	biomarker_for	disease	0.65
Dementia	biomarker_for	disease	0.65
Cancer	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	therapeutic_target	disease	0.65
Als	biomarker_for	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	biomarker_for	disease	0.65
Neuroinflammation	inhibits	disease	0.65
Alzheimer	associated_with	disease	0.65
Inflammation	inhibits	disease	0.65
Depression	associated_with	disease	0.65
Bipolar	regulates	disease	0.65
CIRCADIAN CLOCK GENES	inhibits	gene	0.60
BMAL1	inhibits	gene	0.60
BACE1	inhibits	gene	0.60
GENES	inhibits	gene	0.60
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE	associated_with	gene	0.60
CLOCK	inhibits	gene	0.60
APP	inhibits	gene	0.60
TAU	inhibits	gene	0.60
IBA1	inhibits	gene	0.60
Amyloid	inhibits	pathway	0.60
Circadian Rhythm	associated_with	pathway	0.60
Tau Phosphorylation	inhibits	pathway	0.60
DEPRESSION	associated_with	gene	0.60
MTNR1B	regulates	gene	0.60
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM	associated_with	gene	0.60

Incoming (111)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
Circadian Clock Genes	regulates	pathway	0.95
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome	associated_with	disease	0.95
OSAS	associated_with	disease	0.95
ORAS	associated_with	disease	0.95
CIRCADIAN CLOCK GENES	regulates	gene	0.95
BMAL1	regulates	entity	0.90
OREXIN	regulates	entity	0.90
41579208	regulates	paper	0.90
32250301	oscillate with	paper	0.90
BMAL1	regulates	gene	0.90
Intermittent Hypoxia	associated_with	mechanism	0.90
Orexin	regulates	protein	0.90
Chronic Sleep Fragmentation	associated_with	phenotype	0.90
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome	disrupts	disease	0.90
BMAL1	associated_with	gene	0.85
PER	regulates	entity	0.85
Serotonin	regulates	compound	0.80
GRM5	regulates	gene	0.70
ALZHEIMER	biomarker_for	gene	0.60
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS	biomarker_for	gene	0.60
GFAP	inhibits	gene	0.60
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM	associated_with	gene	0.60
ALZHEIMER	therapeutic_target	gene	0.60
GENES	therapeutic_target	gene	0.60
CANCER	therapeutic_target	gene	0.60
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE	therapeutic_target	gene	0.60
NEURODEGENERATION	regulates	gene	0.60
NEUROINFLAMMATION	regulates	gene	0.60
GABA	regulates	gene	0.60
CLOCK GENE	regulates	gene	0.60
HCRTR2	associated_with	gene	0.60
HCRTR2	associated_with	gene	0.60
HCRTR1	associated_with	gene	0.60
HCRT	associated_with	gene	0.60
C-FOS	activates	gene	0.60
FOS	activates	gene	0.60
PER	causes	gene	0.60
IFNG	activates	gene	0.60
ARC	activates	gene	0.60
CLOCK	biomarker_for	gene	0.60
CLOCK GENES	regulates	gene	0.60
CD4	activates	gene	0.60
OXIDATIVE STRESS	regulates	gene	0.60
NEURODEGENERATION	regulates	gene	0.60
SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE	regulates	gene	0.60
CD8	activates	gene	0.60
CD8	activates	gene	0.60
CLOCK	activates	gene	0.60
OXIDATIVE STRESS	therapeutic_target	gene	0.60
ALZHEIMER DISEASE	inhibits	gene	0.60

Targeting Hypotheses (1)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
Complement Regulator CD55/CD46 Expression Modulates Microgli	0.380	synaptic-biology	What determines the selectivity of compl

Mentioning Analyses (1)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Sleep disruption as cause and consequence of neurodegeneration

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-01 | 14 hypotheses Top: 0.763

Experiments (0)

Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity

Experiment	Type	Disease	Score	Feasibility	Model	Status	Est. Cost
No experiments found

Related Papers (0)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMID	Authors	Journal	Year	Citations
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Debates (1)

Multi-agent debates referencing this entity

Sleep disruption as cause and consequence of neurodegeneration

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.91 · 2026-04-06

Related Research

Hypotheses and analyses mentioning SLEEP-WAKE CYCLE in their description or question text

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