Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about TYK2: 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.
TYK2 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: contributes to, associated with, activates. Associated with ALS, Als, Alzheimer. Connected to 45 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | TYK2 |
| Full Name | Tyrosine Kinase 2 |
| Chromosome | 19p13.2 |
| Protein Type | Receptor |
| Function | TYK2 encodes tyrosine kinase 2, a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that belongs to the Janus kinase (JAK) family. |
| Primary Expression | immune cells including microglia, macrophages, and lymphocytes |
| Pathways | JAK-STAT |
| UniProt ID | [P29597](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P29597) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000105397 |
| OMIM | 176941 |
| GeneCards | TYK2 |
| Human Protein Atlas | TYK2 |
| TYK2 inhibitors | Tofacitinib, BMS-986202 for reducing neuroinflammation |
| JAK-STAT modulators | Targeting downstream signaling |
| Immunomodulatory therapy | For neuroinflammation in AD/PD |
| Associated Diseases | ALS, Crohn'S Disease, Ms |
| Interactions | JAK2, NTRK3, PTK2B, ETV6, GENES, ABL1 |
| KG Connections | 135 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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TYK2["<b>TYK2</b>"]
Ms{"Ms"}
TYK2 -->|"associated with"| Ms
Als{"Als"}
TYK2 -->|"associated with"| Als
Leukemia{"Leukemia"}
TYK2 -->|"activates"| Leukemia
TYK2 -->|"activates"| Als
Inflammation{"Inflammation"}
TYK2 -->|"therapeutic target"| Inflammation
Alzheimer{"Alzheimer"}
TYK2 -->|"therapeutic target"| Alzheimer
Neuroinflammation{"Neuroinflammation"}
TYK2 -->|"therapeutic target"| Neuroinflammation
ALS{"ALS"}
TYK2 -->|"associated with"| ALS
TYK2 -->|"activates"| ALS
IL10["IL10"]
TYK2 -->|"associated with"| IL10
DNMT3A["DNMT3A"]
TYK2 -->|"associated with"| DNMT3A
SMAD3["SMAD3"]
TYK2 -->|"associated with"| SMAD3
DNMT3A -->|"associated with"| TYK2
GENES["GENES"]
GENES -->|"associated with"| TYK2
SMAD3 -->|"associated with"| TYK2
ABL2["ABL2"]
ABL2 -->|"contributes to"| TYK2
NTRK3["NTRK3"]
NTRK3 -->|"contributes to"| TYK2
PTK2B["PTK2B"]
PTK2B -->|"contributes to"| TYK2
ETV6["ETV6"]
ETV6 -->|"activates"| TYK2
ABL1["ABL1"]
ABL1 -->|"contributes to"| TYK2
PDGFRB["PDGFRB"]
PDGFRB -->|"contributes to"| TYK2
GENES -->|"activates"| TYK2
JAK2["JAK2"]
JAK2 -->|"contributes to"| TYK2
EPOR["EPOR"]
EPOR -->|"contributes to"| TYK2
style TYK2 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crohn'S Disease | associated_with | disease | 0.85 |
| Crohn's Disease | risk_factor_for | disease | 0.85 |
| immune response | involved_in | process | 0.85 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Leukemia | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| IL10 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| DNMT3A | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SMAD3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PTK2B | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| IL7R | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK2 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| PDGFRB | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| NTRK3 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| CSF1R | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| ABCA7 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| NDUFA1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Rb | associated_with | protein | 0.60 |
| Rb | contributes_to | protein | 0.60 |
| Jnk | regulates | protein | 0.60 |
| Mek | regulates | protein | 0.60 |
| ETV6 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| NEUROINFLAMMATION | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| EPOR | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TSLP | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| ABL2 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| ABL1 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| FLT3 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| CRLF2 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Nf-Κb | regulates | pathway | 0.60 |
| INOS | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| B Cell | activates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNMT3A | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SMAD3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NTRK3 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| PTK2B | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| PDGFRB | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK2 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| CSF1R | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| IL10 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CSF1R | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| IL7R | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| JAK2 | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| NTRK3 | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| PDGFRB | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| PTK2B | activates | entity | 0.60 |
| IL7R | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| RELB | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| STAT1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| FOSB | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RELA | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DNMT3A | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| IL10 | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| SMAD3 | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| STAT3 | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| HMOX1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| HSPA8 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAPK1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAPK3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MAPT | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| RAF1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| JAK3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| BACH2 | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| DENND1B | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| ERAP2 | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| FUT2 | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| IL2RA | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| TAGAP | implicated_in | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ABL2 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| ETV6 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ABL1 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EPOR | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| TSLP | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| CRLF2 | contributes_to | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALZHEIMER | regulates | 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 | ||||