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disease_associated_microglia

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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about disease_associated_microglia: 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.

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3Experiments
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MICROGLIApart_ofgene0.80
TREM2promotesgene0.50

Targeting Hypotheses (11)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
ACSL4-Driven Ferroptotic Priming in Disease-Associated Micro 0.891 alzheimers Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
40 Hz Gamma Entrainment Gates ACSL4-Mediated Ferroptotic Pri 0.801 alzheimers Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
LPCAT3-Mediated Lands Cycle Remodeling as the Primary Ferrop 0.777 alzheimers Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
LPCAT3-Mediated Lands Cycle Amplification of Ferroptotic Sub 0.776 alzheimers Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
LPCAT3-Mediated Lands Cycle Amplification of Ferroptotic Vul 0.764 alzheimers Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
TREM2 haploinsufficiency dysregulates microglial synaptic su 0.700 neurodegeneration Synaptic pruning by microglia in neurode
Disease-Associated Microglia Metabolic Reprogramming 0.631 neurodegeneration Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
Disease-Associated Microglia (DAM) Program Drives IBA1 Downr 0.571 neuroinflammation What causes IBA1 low/negative microglia
ACSL4-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Amplification in Disease-As 0.459 alzheimers Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
Closed-loop tFUS targeting of EC-II SST interneurons to prev 0.403 alzheimers Circuit-level neural dynamics in neurode
Epigenetic Silencing of SPP1 in Disease-Associated Microglia 0.000 - What molecular mechanisms mediate SPP1-i

Mentioning Analyses (4)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

TREM2 Therapeutic Strategy Post-INVOKE-2

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-06 | 7 hypotheses

Neuroinflammation and microglial priming in early Alzheimer's Disease

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-04 | 20 hypotheses Top: 0.651

TREM2 agonism vs antagonism in DAM microglia

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-02 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.774

TREM2 agonism vs antagonism in DAM microglia

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-01 | 6 hypotheses Top: 0.886

Experiments (3)

Experimental studies targeting or related to this entity

ExperimentTypeDiseaseScoreFeasibilityModelStatusEst. Cost
SAHA@LIPO-ANG2 therapeutic efficacy in 5xFAD mice validation Alzheimer's disease 0.900 0.00 5xFAD transgenic mice proposed N/A
Transcriptomic profiling and differential expression analysis exploratory Alzheimer's disease 0.900 0.00 1-month-old APP/PS1 mice cereb proposed N/A
bEV isolation and LPS quantification from human samples clinical Alzheimer's disease 0.800 0.00 human patients proposed N/A

Related Papers (20)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMIDAuthorsJournalYearCitations
Transcriptomic cytoarchitecture reveals principles of human neocortex organizati [PMID:37824655] Jorstad NL, Close J, Johansen N, Yanny A Science 2023 186
FAK/SRC-JNK axis promotes ferroptosis via upregulating ACSL4 expression. [PMID:41862445] Qin J, Ma S, Wang J, Huang S, Luan J, He Cell death & disease 2026 0
Quercetin attenuates ox-LDL-induced endothelial injury by regulating ferroptosis [PMID:41902795] Gao C, Liu B, Zhang R, Tian J, Xin H Toxicology mechanisms and meth 2026 0
NEDD8 promotes the ferritinophagy and ferroptosis of neurons in ischemic stroke [PMID:41662890] Rao W, Huang Y, Li J, Chen Q, Sun J et a J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2026 0
Inhibition of Ferroptosis in Prostatitis Model by Low Intensity Extracorporeal S [PMID:41714892] Lin D, Li K, Kuang W, Chen Z, Zhang M World J Mens Health 2026 0
Deciphering sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma via ferroptotic mec [PMID:41763496] Che L, Zhu L, Zhou L, Zhou Y Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cance 2026 0
B4GALT1 deficiency attenuates steatohepatitis by regulating the PPARγ/ACSL4 axis [PMID:41860570] Chien Y, Xia R, Zhou D, Ai Y, Wu L et al Hepatol Commun 2026 0
Unraveling the impact of risk factors on the ferroptosis-Alzheimer's disease lin [PMID:41498558] Singh P, Rath SL Journal of Alzheimer's disease 2026 0
Resveratrol Alleviates Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Targeting NCOA4-Media [PMID:41873334] Song C, Wu X, Chen C, Shen B, He Y, Liu Drug design, development and t 2026 0
Pan-PPAR agonist bezafibrate alleviates psoriasis by suppressing LCN2-dependent [PMID:41662914] ["Xin R", "Zhang J", "Zhang Y", "Dai M", Free radical biology & medicin 2026 0
Acteoside alleviates sepsis-induced acute lung injury by activating the Nrf2 pat [PMID:41895086] Wang Y, Zhang W, Zhang M, Zhu Y, Wang W, Tissue & cell 2026 0
Ferroptosis and microglial polarization in retinal vein occlusion: pathological [PMID:41924362] Xu J, Sun M, Wang C, Ju P, Guan XD, Xie International journal of ophth 2026 0
Melatonin Alleviates Erastin-Induced Cell Death by Inhibiting Ferroptosis and Am [PMID:40442550] Wongjaikam S, Siengdee P, Somnus A, Govi Neurotoxicity research 2025 0
Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4-A novel prognostic marker in cuta [PMID:41918944] Paria S, Lapides R, Saravi B, Rajagopal Frontiers in medicine 2025 0
Microglial exosome TREM2 ameliorates ferroptosis and neuroinflammation in alzhei [PMID:40640358] Zhu L, Zhou T, Wu L, Zhu X, Chen L, Zhan Scientific reports 2025 0
Microbiota-derived lysophosphatidylcholine alleviates Alzheimer's disease pathol [PMID:39510074] ["Zha Xu", "Liu Xicheng", "Wei Mengping" Cell metabolism 2025 0
Upregulation of MAM by C99 disrupts ACSL4 activity and phospholipid homeostasis [PMID:41394684] Montesinos J, Yun TD, Salomón-Cruz ID, A bioRxiv : the preprint server 2025 0
Danggui Shaoyao San ameliorates Alzheimer's disease by regulating lipid metaboli [PMID:40271063] Gong K, Zhou S, Xiao L, Xu M, Zhou Y, Lu Frontiers in pharmacology 2025 0
Single-cell spatial transcriptomics reveals distinct patterns of dysregulation i [PMID:39103533] Johnston KG, Berackey BT, Tran KM, Gelbe Molecular psychiatry 2025 0
Deferiprone in Alzheimer Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial. [PMID:39495531] Ayton S, Barton D, Brew B, Brodtmann A, JAMA neurology 2025 0

Debates (7)

Multi-agent debates referencing this entity

Hypothesis debate: PLCG2 Allosteric Modulation as a Precision Therapeutic for TR

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.50 · 2026-04-26

Hypothesis debate: PLCG2 Allosteric Modulation as a Precision Therapeutic for TR

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.50 · 2026-04-26

Investigate mechanistic links between early microglial priming states, neuroinfl

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.86 · 2026-04-12

Investigate mechanistic links between early microglial priming states, neuroinfl

closed · Rounds: 5 · Score: 0.95 · 2026-04-12

TREM2 Therapeutic Strategy Post-INVOKE-2

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.93 · 2026-04-06

The disease-associated microglia (DAM) phenotype involves TREM2 upregulation, bu

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.89 · 2026-04-02

The disease-associated microglia (DAM) phenotype involves TREM2 upregulation, bu

closed · Rounds: 4 · Score: 0.57 · 2026-04-01

Related Research

Hypotheses and analyses mentioning disease_associated_microglia in their description or question text

TREM2 haploinsufficiency dysregulates microglial synaptic surveillance, switchin

Score: 0.700 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-22

**Molecular Mechanism and Rationale** The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) functions as a criti

Disease-Associated Microglia Metabolic Reprogramming

Score: 0.631 · neurodegeneration · 2026-04-12

## Mechanistic Overview Disease-Associated Microglia Metabolic Reprogramming starts from the claim that modulating TREM2

Disease-Associated Microglia (DAM) Program Drives IBA1 Downregulation

Score: 0.571 · neuroinflammation · 2026-04-21

## Mechanistic Overview Disease-Associated Microglia (DAM) Program Drives IBA1 Downregulation starts from the claim that

ACSL4-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Amplification in Disease-Associated Microglia

Score: 0.459 · alzheimers · 2026-04-26

ACSL4 (acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4) drives neuroinflammatory amplification in disease-associated micr

Closed-loop tFUS targeting of EC-II SST interneurons to prevent ACSL4-mediated f

Score: 0.403 · alzheimers · 2026-04-26

Somatostatin-positive interneurons in entorhinal cortex layer II serve dual roles as gamma frequency gatekeepers and mic

Epigenetic Silencing of SPP1 in Disease-Associated Microglia

Score: 0.000 · unknown disease · 2026-04-28

Selective HDAC modulators or DNA methyltransferase inhibitors to epigenetically silence SPP1 expression in activated mic