concept

IRON

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41Connections
1Hypotheses
3Analyses
3Outgoing
1Incoming

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💡 Concept Info
NameIRON
SummaryPage for Iron-Laden Microglia
Related DiseasesFERROPTOSIS, ROS, CANCER
Linked Hypotheses2 hypotheses

Wiki Pages (21)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

Canonical Page

Iron-Laden Microglia

cell · 635 words

cbs-psp-daily-action-plan

therapeutic · 30834 words

Personalized Treatment Plan — Atypical Parkinsonism (CBS/PSP)

therapeutic · 15794 words

Clinical Management Guide for CBS/PSP

therapeutic · 15224 words

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)

disease · 12907 words

Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS)

disease · 11374 words

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    IRON["IRON"]
    IRON -->|"causes"| Ferroptosis["Ferroptosis"]
    IRON -->|"causes"| Phospholipid_Peroxidation["Phospholipid Peroxidation"]
    IRON -->|"upregulates"| Glycolysis["Glycolysis"]
    IRON -->|"mediates"| SNCA["SNCA"]
    IRON -->|"expressed in"| Brain["Brain"]
    Hemoglobin["Hemoglobin"] -->|"binds"| IRON
    Ferroportin["Ferroportin"] -->|"mediates"| IRON
    Ferritin["Ferritin"] -->|"binds"| IRON
    TFR1["TFR1"] -->|"mediates"| IRON
    TF["TF"] -->|"binds"| IRON
    Transferrin["Transferrin"] -->|"binds"| IRON
    Ferroptosis -->|"involved_in"| IRON
    ALOX15["ALOX15"] -->|"binds"| IRON

Outgoing (27)

TargetRelationTypeStr
FERROPTOSIScausesphenotype0.72
FERROPTOSISactivatesphenotype0.72
ROSactivatesphenotype0.64

Incoming (14)

SourceRelationTypeStr
CANCERassociated_withdisease0.64

Targeting Hypotheses (1)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
Hepcidin-Iron Set Point Hypothesis 0.511 endocrinology Does TRT-induced erythrocytosis actually

Mentioning Analyses (3)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Why does iron chelation therapy worsen outcomes in H63D HFE variant carriers des

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-15 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.586

Do tau strains or regional cellular environments primarily drive PSP vs CBD path

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-10 | 0 hypotheses

4R-tau strain-specific spreading patterns in PSP vs CBD

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-01 | 7 hypotheses Top: 0.507

Related Papers (0)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

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