Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about WRN: 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.
| Gene Symbol | WRN |
| Full Name | Werner Syndrome RecQ Like Helicase |
| Aliases | Page for WRN Protein |
| Protein Type | Enzyme |
| Function | WRN is a multifunctional DNA metabolic enzyme: |
| Molecular Weight | 164 kDa |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000113240 |
| GeneCards | WRN |
| Human Protein Atlas | WRN |
| Base excision repair (BER) | Processing of oxidative DNA damage |
| DNA double-strand break repair | Homologous recombination and NHEJ |
| Telomere maintenance | Prevents telomere dysfunction |
| Replication fork restart | Resolves stalled replication forks |
| Associated Diseases | Aging, Ms, Senescence |
| Interactions | MDM2, CTC1, TREX1, VCP, NEIL1, POLD1 |
| KG Connections | 26 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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WRN["<b>WRN</b>"]
Aging{"Aging"}
WRN -->|"associated with"| Aging
Ms{"Ms"}
WRN -->|"therapeutic target"| Ms
Senescence{"Senescence"}
WRN -->|"associated with"| Senescence
WRN -->|"associated with"| Ms
DNA["DNA"]
WRN -->|"associated with"| DNA
Mitophagy(["Mitophagy"])
WRN -->|"therapeutic target"| Mitophagy
MDM2["MDM2"]
WRN -->|"interacts with"| MDM2
CTC1["CTC1"]
WRN -->|"interacts with"| CTC1
ATM["ATM"]
WRN -->|"regulates"| ATM
Complement(["Complement"])
WRN -->|"interacts with"| Complement
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
WRN -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration
TREX1["TREX1"]
TREX1 -->|"interacts with"| WRN
VCP["VCP"]
VCP -->|"interacts with"| WRN
NEIL1["NEIL1"]
NEIL1 -->|"interacts with"| WRN
COMPLEMENT["COMPLEMENT"]
COMPLEMENT -->|"interacts with"| WRN
POLD1["POLD1"]
POLD1 -->|"interacts with"| WRN
P53["P53"]
P53 -->|"interacts with"| WRN
POT1["POT1"]
POT1 -->|"interacts with"| WRN
MRE11["MRE11"]
MRE11 -->|"interacts with"| WRN
MUTYH["MUTYH"]
MUTYH -->|"interacts with"| WRN
SAMHD1["SAMHD1"]
SAMHD1 -->|"interacts with"| WRN
NBS1["NBS1"]
NBS1 -->|"interacts with"| WRN
LMNA["LMNA"]
LMNA -->|"interacts with"| WRN
style WRN fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aging | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Senescence | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| MDM2 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CTC1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATM | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Mitophagy | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Complement | interacts_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| CANCER | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| T Cell | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| TREX1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| VCP | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NEIL1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| POLD1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| POT1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MRE11 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MUTYH | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SAMHD1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NBS1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LMNA | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| COMPLEMENT | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| P53 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NAD | inhibits | 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 | ||||