Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about TXNIP: 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.
TXNIP is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, therapeutic target, inhibits. Associated with Als, Atherosclerosis, Diabetes. Connected to 65 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | TXNIP |
| Chromosome | 1q21.1 |
| Function | is an important component in the neurobiology of neurodegenerative diseases. |
| Primary Expression | virtually all tissues, with particularly high expression in brain (especially hippocampus, hypothalamus, and cortex), he |
| Molecular Weight | 46 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 397 aa |
| Exons | 9 |
| Pathways | Amyloid, Er Stress, Inflammasome, Nf-Κb |
| NCBI Gene ID | 10628 |
| GeneCards | TXNIP |
| Human Protein Atlas | TXNIP |
| Thioredoxin (TRX1/2) | Direct binding |
| Thioredoxin Reductase | Indirect |
| Peroxiredoxins | Indirect |
| NLRP3 | Direct binding |
| Associated Diseases | neuroinflammation |
| Interactions | NRF2, NLRP3, SQSTM1, MAP1LC3B, HSPA1A, CXCR4 |
| KG Connections | 258 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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TXNIP["<b>TXNIP</b>"]
PRKAA["PRKAA"]
TXNIP -->|"interacts with"| PRKAA
TXNIP -->|"regulates"| PRKAA
autophagy(["autophagy"])
TXNIP -->|"activates"| autophagy
fatty_acid_oxidation(["fatty acid oxidation"])
TXNIP -->|"activates"| fatty_acid_oxidation
steatohepatitis{"steatohepatitis"}
TXNIP -->|"protects against"| steatohepatitis
Atherosclerosis{"Atherosclerosis"}
TXNIP -->|"activates"| Atherosclerosis
Stroke{"Stroke"}
TXNIP -->|"activates"| Stroke
Hepatitis{"Hepatitis"}
TXNIP -->|"inhibits"| Hepatitis
Diabetes{"Diabetes"}
TXNIP -->|"therapeutic target"| Diabetes
Fibrosis{"Fibrosis"}
TXNIP -->|"activates"| Fibrosis
Inflammation{"Inflammation"}
TXNIP -->|"activates"| Inflammation
Neuroinflammation{"Neuroinflammation"}
TXNIP -->|"activates"| Neuroinflammation
SQSTM1["SQSTM1"]
SQSTM1 -->|"activates"| TXNIP
LC3B["LC3B"]
LC3B -->|"activates"| TXNIP
P62["P62"]
P62 -->|"activates"| TXNIP
MAP1LC3B["MAP1LC3B"]
MAP1LC3B -->|"activates"| TXNIP
MTOR["MTOR"]
MTOR -->|"therapeutic target"| TXNIP
STING["STING"]
STING -->|"activates"| TXNIP
GENES["GENES"]
GENES -->|"activates"| TXNIP
NRF2["NRF2"]
NRF2 -->|"activates"| TXNIP
CYLD["CYLD"]
CYLD -->|"activates"| TXNIP
APAF1["APAF1"]
APAF1 -->|"activates"| TXNIP
MTORC1["MTORC1"]
MTORC1 -->|"activates"| TXNIP
MICROGLIA["MICROGLIA"]
MICROGLIA -->|"activates"| TXNIP
style TXNIP fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| autophagy | activates | pathway | 0.90 |
| fatty acid oxidation | activates | pathway | 0.90 |
| steatohepatitis | protects_against | disease | 0.90 |
| NLRP3 | interacts_with | gene | 0.90 |
| PRKAA | interacts_with | protein | 0.90 |
| PRKAA | regulates | protein | 0.90 |
| Inflammasome | activates | pathway | 0.70 |
| Atherosclerosis | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Stroke | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Hepatitis | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ischemia | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Lymphoma | biomarker_for | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | biomarker_for | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | contributes_to | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Stroke | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ferroptosis | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Pyroptosis | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Necroptosis | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Stroke | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Dementia | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Ischemia | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| NRF2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TBK1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SQSTM1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAP1LC3B | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSPA1A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CXCR4 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| P62 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL7R | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZFP36 | binds | gene | 0.95 |
| ZFP36 | downregulates | gene | 0.95 |
| NPAS3 | regulates | gene | 0.80 |
| ROS | activates | gene | 0.80 |
| ROS | regulates | gene | 0.70 |
| SQSTM1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| P62 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAP1LC3B | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| STING | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NRF2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CYLD | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| APAF1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR4 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IL7R | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR4 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AXIN1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| STAT3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| RHEB | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EGR1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| HNF4A | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYC | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| YWHAZ | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| AXIN1 | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| HNF4A | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| RHEB | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| SOCS3 | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| RELA | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| EGR1 | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| SPI1 | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| TBP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ASC | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| GSDMD | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ASC | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ASC | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TLR4 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MYO1C | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYO1C | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TF | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| ASC | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NLRP3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ATP13A2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| LC3B | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTORC1 | 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 | ||||