Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about TMEM173: 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.
TMEM173 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: associated with, activates, regulates. Associated with ALS, Aging, Als. Connected to 92 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | TMEM173 |
| Full Name | Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) |
| Chromosome | 5q31.2 |
| Protein Type | Receptor |
| Function | is a critical innate immune receptor that plays a central role in detecting cytosolic DNA and initiating type I interferon responses. |
| Molecular Weight | 42 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 379 aa |
| Pathways | NF-κB |
| UniProt ID | Q86WV1 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 340061 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000184515 |
| OMIM | 612374 |
| GeneCards | TMEM173 |
| Human Protein Atlas | TMEM173 |
| Encoded Protein | STING |
| Associated Diseases | Als, Carcinoma, Ms |
| Interactions | STING1, CGAS, STING, TFAM, MAP1LC3B, POLG |
| KG Connections | 131 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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TMEM173["TMEM173"]
TMEM173 -->|"activates"| Cancer["Cancer"]
TMEM173 -->|"activates"| Als["Als"]
TMEM173 -->|"target for"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
TMEM173 -->|"activates"| Aging["Aging"]
TMEM173 -->|"activates"| Ms["Ms"]
TMEM173 -->|"activates"| Tumor["Tumor"]
MITOCHONDRIAL_DNA["MITOCHONDRIAL DNA"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173
PER["PER"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173
TFAM["TFAM"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173
IRF3["IRF3"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173
STING["STING"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173
MTDNA["MTDNA"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173
CGAS_STING["CGAS-STING"] -->|"interacts"| TMEM173
IL6["IL6"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173
JAK["JAK"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173
TNF["TNF"] -->|"activates"| TMEM173| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNA Sensing Pathway | mediates | pathway | 0.90 |
| DNA Sensing Pathway | component_of | pathway | 0.85 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Carcinoma | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ischemia | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Pancreatic Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Infection | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| FANCD2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| STING1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TFAM | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| POLG | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATM | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BMAL1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ARNTL | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NCOA4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SLC7A11 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LC3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GAIN | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CGAS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| STING | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| STING1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNFAIP3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RIPK3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAP1LC3B | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GPX4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| STING | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ferroptosis | participates_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| Complement | associated_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Ferroptosis | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Autophagy | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| MTDNA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Ferroptosis | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Innate Immunity | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Oxidative Phosphorylation | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Immune Response | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| Apoptosis | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAP1LC3B | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GPX4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BMAL1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LC3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NCOA4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ARNTL | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CGAS | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SLC7A11 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATM | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| STING | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TFAM | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IRF3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| STING | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL6 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| STAT1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| STING1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ARNTL | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| ATM | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| BMAL1 | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| CGAS | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| FANCD2 | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| GPX4 | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| MAP1LC3B | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| NCOA4 | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| POLG | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| SLC7A11 | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| TFAM | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| POLG | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| FANCD2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LC3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MITOCHONDRIAL DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALOX | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTDNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CGAS-STING | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| INFLAMMATION | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| APOPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PYROPTOSIS | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ROS | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTDNA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AUTOPHAGY | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| FERROPTOSIS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYTOKINES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALOX | 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 | ||||