Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about XRCC1: 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.
XRCC1 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, causes, interacts with. Associated with ALS, Als, Cancer. Connected to 26 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | XRCC1 |
| Protein Type | Scaffold Protein |
| Function | is an important component in the neurobiology of neurodegenerative diseases. |
| Primary Expression | all tissues: - High expression in brain (neurons, glia) - Moderate expression in other proliferating cells - Induced by oxidative stress - Cell type-s |
| Molecular Weight | 69 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 633 aa |
| Pathways | epigenetic regulation, neurotrophin signaling |
| GeneCards | XRCC1 |
| Human Protein Atlas | XRCC1 |
| DNA glycosylases | Damage recognition |
| APE1 | AP site cleavage |
| Pol β | DNA synthesis |
| LIG3 | DNA ligation |
| PARP1 | SSB detection |
| Approach | Status |
| Associated Diseases | Cancer, Fibrosis |
| Interactions | SETX, FEN1, PNKP, TDP1, XPF, XPG |
| KG Connections | 58 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
graph TD
XRCC1["<b>XRCC1</b>"]
Cancer{"Cancer"}
XRCC1 -->|"activates"| Cancer
Als{"Als"}
XRCC1 -->|"activates"| Als
ALS{"ALS"}
XRCC1 -->|"activates"| ALS
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISORDERS["NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS"]
XRCC1 -->|"activates"| NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISORDERS
SETX["SETX"]
XRCC1 -->|"activates"| SETX
FEN1["FEN1"]
XRCC1 -->|"activates"| FEN1
CANCER["CANCER"]
XRCC1 -->|"activates"| CANCER
Neuron["Neuron"]
XRCC1 -->|"expressed in"| Neuron
neurodegeneration["neurodegeneration"]
XRCC1 -->|"implicated in"| neurodegeneration
SOX2["SOX2"]
SOX2 -->|"interacts with"| XRCC1
XPG["XPG"]
XPG -->|"activates"| XRCC1
SETX -->|"activates"| XRCC1
TDP1["TDP1"]
TDP1 -->|"activates"| XRCC1
PNKP["PNKP"]
PNKP -->|"activates"| XRCC1
FEN1 -->|"activates"| XRCC1
XPF["XPF"]
XPF -->|"activates"| XRCC1
DNA["DNA"]
DNA -->|"activates"| XRCC1
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISEASES["NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES"]
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISEASES -->|"activates"| XRCC1
CANCER -->|"activates"| XRCC1
AND["AND"]
AND -->|"activates"| XRCC1
NEURODEGENERATIVE_DISORDERS -->|"activates"| XRCC1
style XRCC1 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOP1 | interacts_with | enzyme | 0.80 |
| TOP1 | involved_in | protein | 0.80 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | causes | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | causes | disease | 0.65 |
| Glioblastoma | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | encodes | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | encodes | disease | 0.65 |
| SETX | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| FEN1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TP53 | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| CYP2D6 | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| PNKP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TDP1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| XPF | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| XPG | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALDH1A3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| FEN1 | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| Rb | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| GENES | causes | gene | 0.60 |
| AND | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Neuron | activates | cell_type | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GLIOBLASTOMA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| Neuron | encodes | cell_type | 0.60 |
| Ras | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| App | activates | protein | 0.60 |
| neurotrophin signaling | participates_in | pathway | 0.55 |
| Neuron | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| epigenetic regulation | participates_in | pathway | 0.55 |
| neurons | expressed_in | cell_type | 0.55 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| XPG | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| SETX | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TDP1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PNKP | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| FEN1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| XPF | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| ALDH1A3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| XPF | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| XPG | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CANCER | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| GLIOBLASTOMA | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| DNA | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| BDNF | activates | gene | 0.55 |
| CAMK2A | activates | gene | 0.55 |
| NGF | activates | gene | 0.55 |
| PARP1 | activates | gene | 0.55 |
| SYNPO | activates | gene | 0.55 |
| h-fa7ac9cb | targets | hypothesis | 0.55 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-03 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.527
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||