mechanism

White Matter Degeneration

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5Connections
3Hypotheses
0Analyses
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4Incoming

Summary

White matter degeneration is a critical pathological feature of numerous neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, vascular dementia, and multiple sclerosis. White matter consists of myelinated axons that enable rapid communication between different brain region

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Mechanism Info
NameWhite Matter Degeneration
SummaryPage for White Matter Degeneration
Linked Hypotheses3 hypotheses

Wiki Pages (21)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

Canonical Page

White Matter Degeneration

mechanism · 2912 words

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)

disease · 12907 words

Novel Therapy Index

idea · 10647 words

Microglia CD8+ T Cell Recruitment -- Supplementary WW Content

mechanism · 7227 words

Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD)

disease · 5823 words

Oligodendrocytes

cell · 4838 words

Pathway Diagram

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    N554["White Matter-Associated Microglia"] -->|"protects_against"| N21["White Matter Degeneration"]
    N3431["Aging"] -->|"causes"| N21["White Matter Degeneration"]
    N2638["Microglia"] -->|"associated_with"| N21["White Matter Degeneration"]
    N5844["Ferroptosis"] -->|"mediates"| N21["White Matter Degeneration"]
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Outgoing (0)

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Incoming (5)

SourceRelationTypeStr
Agingcausesprocess0.90
Microgliaassociated_withcell_type0.90
White Matter-Associated Microgliaprotects_againstcell_type0.85
Ferroptosismediatesprocess0.75

Targeting Hypotheses (3)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
ACSL4-Ferroptotic Priming in Stressed Oligodendrocytes Drive 0.512 Alzheimer's Disease Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
OPC differentiation blockade contributes to white matter deg 0.495 Alzheimer's disease SEA-AD Single-Cell Analysis: Cell-Type V
ACSL4-Driven Ferroptotic Priming in Disease-Associated Oligo 0.493 Alzheimer's Disease Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di

Mentioning Analyses (0)

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Related Papers (13)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMIDAuthorsJournalYearCitations
Vitamin C inhibits ACSL4 to alleviate ferro-aging in primates. [PMID:41819088] Liu L, Zheng Z, You W, Yang P, Wen Y et Cell Metab 2026 0
[The Chinese medicine Gandouling attenuates brain injury in hepatolenticular deg [PMID:41946579] Wu K, Wang N, Zhao D, Wei W, Zhang W et Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue 2026 0
Vitamin C slows primate aging by targeting iron-driven lipid peroxidation. [PMID:41950897] Yu PL, Xu CR Cell Metab 2026 0
The IL-33/ST2 Signaling Axis Alleviates Splenic Injury in Severe Acute Pancreati [PMID:41954769] Cui L, Xu N, Chen J, Bin C, Feng Y et al Pancreas 2026 0
Fibroblast-Specific GPX4 Deletion Exacerbates IBD via Lipid Peroxidation. [PMID:41955120] Zhang Y, Ying Y, Huang W, Rosenfeld ZA, Am J Physiol Gastrointest Live 2026 0
Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Promote Imatinib Resistance in Gastrointestinal St [PMID:41270149] Li C, Teng T, Lin X, Sun X, Yi T et al. Cancer Res 2026 0
A cellular epigenetic classification system for glioblastoma. [PMID:41499453] Silverbush D, Jürgensen L, Freeburg NF, Neuro Oncol 2026 0
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Resistance and Adv [PMID:41724491] Jingnuo D, Huachuan Z, Da Z, Zhi D, Yan J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2026 0
P16(+) Cells Drive Adverse Postischemic Cardiac Remodeling Through CCL8-Mediated [PMID:41766526] Yan L, Zheng J, Lu Z, Zhu A, Ye M et al. Circulation 2026 0
Multi-omics reveals heterogeneity and functional populations of oligodendrocyte [PMID:41771834] Ye D, Zhou H, Qu S, Wang Z, Zhang F et a Cell Death Discov 2026 0
Comparison of gene fusion detection algorithms reveals frequently overlooked dri [PMID:41935182] Tamura Z, Saito Y, Kogure Y, Oshikawa-Ku NPJ Precis Oncol 2026 0
Single-cell transcriptome analysis indicated that immune-related programmed cell [PMID:41946148] Sun J, Jing L, Zhu X, Yang H, Sun Y et a Transl Oncol 2026 0
Lipid emulsion modulates myogenic and collagen-related gene expression in skelet [PMID:41955312] Li X, Alaniz SM, Louey S, Deavila JM, Jo Exp Physiol 2026 0