Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about YY1: 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.
YY1 is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, expressed in, therapeutic target. Associated with Aging, Als, Alzheimer. Connected to 74 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | YY1 |
| Full Name | Yin Yang 1 |
| Chromosome | 14q32.31 |
| Protein Type | Transcription Factor |
| Function | The YY1 gene encodes Yin Yang 1, a ubiquitously expressed zinc-finger transcription factor. |
| Primary Expression | Ubiquitous, Brain, Muscle, Heart |
| Pathways | Cgas-Sting, Mtor, Oxidative Phosphorylation |
| UniProt ID | Q08050 |
| NCBI Gene ID | 7528 |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000100811 |
| OMIM | 400713 |
| GeneCards | YY1 |
| Human Protein Atlas | YY1 |
| Associated Diseases | ALS, Aging, Alzheimer, Ataxia, Dystonia |
| Interactions | USP7, EGFR, SLC7A11, CX3CL1, CX3CR1, IRF1 |
| KG Connections | 221 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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YY1["<b>YY1</b>"]
Cardiac{"Cardiac"}
YY1 -->|"expressed in"| Cardiac
Ms{"Ms"}
YY1 -->|"expressed in"| Ms
Autism{"Autism"}
YY1 -->|"expressed in"| Autism
Cancer{"Cancer"}
YY1 -->|"activates"| Cancer
YY1 -->|"therapeutic target"| Ms
YY1 -->|"therapeutic target"| Cancer
Tumor{"Tumor"}
YY1 -->|"therapeutic target"| Tumor
Alzheimer{"Alzheimer"}
YY1 -->|"regulates"| Alzheimer
YY1 -->|"interacts with"| Ms
YY1 -->|"regulates"| Ms
Diabetes{"Diabetes"}
YY1 -->|"regulates"| Diabetes
YY1 -->|"regulates"| Cardiac
CANCER["CANCER"]
CANCER -->|"activates"| YY1
LC3B["LC3B"]
LC3B -->|"activates"| YY1
PHAGOCYTOSIS["PHAGOCYTOSIS"]
PHAGOCYTOSIS -->|"therapeutic target"| YY1
MICROGLIA["MICROGLIA"]
MICROGLIA -->|"therapeutic target"| YY1
TREM2["TREM2"]
TREM2 -->|"expressed in"| YY1
FERROPTOSIS["FERROPTOSIS"]
FERROPTOSIS -->|"inhibits"| YY1
GPX4["GPX4"]
GPX4 -->|"inhibits"| YY1
DIABETES_MELLITUS["DIABETES MELLITUS"]
DIABETES_MELLITUS -->|"regulates"| YY1
RAB7A["RAB7A"]
RAB7A -->|"regulates"| YY1
MICROGLIA -->|"inhibits"| YY1
style YY1 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLC1A2 | downregulates | gene | 0.95 |
| LCN2 | regulates | gene | 0.90 |
| ubiquitin-proteasome | participates_in | pathway | 0.70 |
| Cardiac | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Autism | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | interacts_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Cardiac | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Dementia | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | causes | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | causes | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Autoimmune | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Lung Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Senescence | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Dystonia | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Huntington | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ataxia | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Senescence | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Aging | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Carcinoma | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Fibrosis | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| HDAC2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LAMP1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ADNP | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BECN1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SIRT1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LC3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| RELA | activates | gene | 0.90 |
| STING | binds_to | protein | 0.90 |
| STING | inhibits | protein | 0.88 |
| TREM2 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| GPX4 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| RAB7A | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| APC | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| STAT3 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CCL5 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| IDO1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EGFR | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| CGAS | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MYC | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATF2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| EGR1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PPARG | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SIRT1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LAMP1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ADNP | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| HDAC2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BECN1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| LC3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| GAIN | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| SREBF2 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TNF | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PPARG | encodes | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PI3K | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| EGR1 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| PPARG | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| SREBF2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| MRPL12 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| MRPL12 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| STING | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| STING | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| FGF2 | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| FGF2 | targets | gene | 0.60 |
| SIRT6 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| TFEB | activates | gene | 0.60 |
| TFEB | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| APP | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| FGF14 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| PLD3 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| AKT3 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| APP | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| EGR1 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| FGF14 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| PLD3 | interacts_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SREBF2 | interacts_with | 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 | ||||