organelle

mitochondria

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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about mitochondria: 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.

4259Connections
30Hypotheses
19Analyses
13Outgoing
26Incoming

Summary

mitochondria is an entity related to neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: regulates, accumulates in, accumulates. Connected to 16 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.

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Wiki Pages (21)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

Canonical Page

Mitochondria

entity · 3769 words

cbs-psp-daily-action-plan

therapeutic · 30834 words

Personalized Treatment Plan — Atypical Parkinsonism (CBS/PSP)

therapeutic · 15794 words

Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS)

disease · 11374 words

Novel Therapy Index

idea · 10647 words

Parkinson's Disease

disease · 8807 words

Pathway Diagram

flowchart TD
    MITOCHONDRIA(["MITOCHONDRIA"])
    NEUROINFLAMMATION(["NEUROINFLAMMATION"])
    Ischemia["Ischemia"]
    Mtor["Mtor"]
    Autophagy["Autophagy"]
    Aging["Aging"]
    Parkinson["Parkinson"]
    Alzheimer["Alzheimer"]
    Tumor["Tumor"]
    Cancer["Cancer"]
    Apoptosis["Apoptosis"]
    Neurodegeneration["Neurodegeneration"]
    PARKIN(["PARKIN"])
    Mitophagy["Mitophagy"]

    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"associated with"| NEUROINFLAMMATION
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"activates"| Ischemia
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"activates"| Mtor
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"activates"| Autophagy
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"interacts with"| Autophagy
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"activates"| Aging
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"regulates"| Parkinson
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"regulates"| Alzheimer
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"activates"| Tumor
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"activates"| Cancer
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"activates"| Apoptosis
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"contributes to"| Neurodegeneration
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"contributes to"| Autophagy
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"regulates"| PARKIN
    MITOCHONDRIA -->|"regulates"| Mitophagy

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Outgoing (2700)

TargetRelationTypeStr
ATP productionmediatesprocess0.95
calcium bufferingmediatesprocess0.90
apoptosisregulatesphenotype0.80
DNAproducesprotein0.80
autophagyregulatesprocess0.70

Incoming (1559)

SourceRelationTypeStr
PARKINmodifiesprotein0.90
KIF5Ainteracts_withprotein0.90
phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesisexpressed_inpathway0.90
TRAK1bindsprotein0.90
TRAK2bindsprotein0.90

Targeting Hypotheses (30)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
Mitochondrial DAMPs-Driven AIM2 Inflammasome Activation in N 0.582 neurodegeneration What are the mechanisms by which gut mic
Mitochondrial DNA-Driven AIM2 Inflammasome Activation in Neu 0.580 neurodegeneration What are the mechanisms by which gut mic
AMPK hypersensitivity in astrocytes creates enhanced mitocho 0.570 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between astrocyte
Senescent Cell Mitochondrial DNA Release 0.545 neurodegeneration Senolytic therapy for age-related neurod
Near-infrared light therapy stimulates COX4-dependent mitoch 0.514 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between astrocyte
SIRT3-Mediated Mitochondrial Deacetylation Failure with PINK 0.509 Alzheimer's Disease Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
CRISPR-Mediated Mitochondrial Genome Editing for Complex I D 0.491 neurodegeneration CRISPR-based therapeutic approaches for
TFAM overexpression creates mitochondrial donor-recipient gr 0.474 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between astrocyte
C1q Inhibition Prevents Synaptic Mitochondrial Dysfunction v 0.455 neurodegeneration Why does PRKN-mediated mitophagy, typica
Astrocytic Connexin-43 Upregulation Enhances Neuroprotective 0.450 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between neurons a
Mitochondrial-Nuclear Epigenetic Cross-Talk Restoration 0.448 neurodegeneration Epigenetic reprogramming in aging neuron
Ancestry-Adapted Mitochondrial Rescue Therapy 0.448 neurodegeneration How do neurodegeneration gene expression
Mitochondrial-Cytokine Axis Modulation 0.443 neurodegeneration Gene expression changes in aging mouse b
Mitochondrial Transfer Pathway Enhancement 0.443 neurodegeneration Astrocyte reactivity subtypes in neurode
Mitochondrial Biogenesis Rate as a Dynamic Biomarker of Neur 0.435 translational neuroscience Which metabolic biomarkers can distingui
Mitochondrial-Lysosomal Contact Site Engineering 0.430 neurodegeneration Autophagy-lysosome pathway convergence a
Mitochondrial NAD+ Salvage Enhancement 0.426 neurodegeneration Gene expression changes in aging mouse b
Miro1-Mediated Mitochondrial Trafficking Enhancement Therapy 0.426 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between neurons a
Mitochondrial-Lysosomal Coupling Enhancer 0.422 neurodegeneration Does TFEB dysfunction cause neurodegener
PINK1/Parkin-Independent Mitophagy Bypass for Enhanced Donor 0.418 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between neurons a
CX43 hemichannel engineering enables size-selective mitochon 0.415 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between astrocyte
RAB27A-dependent extracellular vesicle engineering for mitoc 0.414 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between astrocyte
Mitochondrial RNA Granule Rescue Pathway 0.400 neurodegeneration RNA binding protein dysregulation across
The Mitochondrial-Lysosomal Metabolic Coupling Dysfunction 0.398 neurodegeneration Metabolic reprogramming in neurodegenera
TFEB-PGC1α Mitochondrial-Lysosomal Decoupling 0.398 neurodegeneration Gene expression changes in aging mouse b
Gap Junction Hemichannel Modulation for Controlled Mitochond 0.386 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between neurons a
Prohibitin-2 Mitochondrial Cross-Seeding Hub Disruption 0.384 neurodegeneration Protein aggregation cross-seeding across
Mitochondrial SPM Synthesis Platform Engineering 0.383 neurodegeneration Neuroinflammation resolution mechanisms
GAP43-mediated tunneling nanotube stabilization enhances neu 0.380 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between astrocyte
Optogenetic Control of Mitochondrial Transfer Networks 0.378 neurodegeneration Mitochondrial transfer between neurons a

Mentioning Analyses (19)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Why does PRKN-mediated mitophagy, typically protective, cause harmful mitochondr

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-15 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.455

What molecular mechanisms cause iPLA2β deficiency to specifically damage mitocho

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-15 | 0 hypotheses

Why does PGC-1α overexpression paradoxically increase MPTP toxicity despite enha

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-13 | 0 hypotheses

What is the relative contribution of connexin-43 gap junctions vs tunneling nano

cell biology | 2026-04-12 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.579

What are the molecular determinants that control directional mitochondrial trans

cellular neuroscience | 2026-04-12 | 0 hypotheses

Related Papers (20)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMIDAuthorsJournalYearCitations
TDP-43 Triggers Mitochondrial DNA Release via mPTP to Activate cGAS/STING in ALS [PMID:33031745] Yu CH, Davidson S, Harapas CR, Hilton JB Cell 2020 2
Complement C1q/C3-CR3 signaling pathway mediates abnormal microglial phagocytosi [PMID:38642614] Han QQ, Shen SY, Liang LF, Chen XR, Yu J Brain Behav Immun 2024 1
Melatonin attenuates sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by promoting mitophagy t [PMID:37651673] Deng Z, He M, Hu H, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Ge Autophagy 2024 1
TFAM is an autophagy receptor that limits inflammation by binding to cytoplasmic [PMID:38783142] Liu H, Zhen C, Xie J, Luo Z, Zeng L, Zha Nat Cell Biol 2024 1
NAD(+) rescues aging-induced blood-brain barrier damage via the CX43-PARP1 axis. [PMID:37683629] Zhan R, Meng X, Tian D, Xu J, Cui H, Yan Neuron 2023 1
Metabolic orchestration of cell death by AMPK-mediated phosphorylation of RIPK1. [PMID:37384704] Zhang T, Xu D, Trefts E, Lv M, Inuzuka H Science 2023 1
Increased mitophagy protects cochlear hair cells from aminoglycoside-induced dam [PMID:35471096] Zhang Y, Fang Q, Wang H, Qi J, Sun S, Li Autophagy 2023 1
Mitochondrial-derived damage-associated molecular patterns amplify neuroinflamma [PMID:35233090] Lin MM, Liu N, Qin ZH, Wang Y Acta Pharmacol Sin 2022 1
Astrocyte Networks as Therapeutic Targets in Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration. [PMID:34199470] Boal AM, Risner ML, Cooper ML, Wareham L Cells 2021 1
Mitochondrial ROS promote mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation in ischemic [PMID:33408785] Zhao M, Wang Y, Li L, Liu S, Wang C, Yua Theranostics 2021 1
Mitochondrial DNA copy number in human disease: the more the better? [PMID:33314045] Filograna R, Mennuni M, Alsina D, Larsso FEBS Lett 2021 1
Mitochondrial DNA stress triggers autophagy-dependent ferroptotic death. [PMID:32186434] Li C, Zhang Y, Liu J, Kang R, Klionsky D Autophagy 2021 1
BNIP3L/NIX degradation leads to mitophagy deficiency in ischemic brains. [PMID:32722981] Wu X, Zheng Y, Liu M, Li Y, Ma S, Tang W Autophagy 2021 1
Metformin Improves Mitochondrial Respiratory Activity through Activation of AMPK [PMID:31693892] Wang Y, An H, Liu T, Qin C, Sesaki H, Gu Cell Rep 2019 1
AMPK-Mediated BECN1 Phosphorylation Promotes Ferroptosis by Directly Blocking Sy [PMID:30057310] Song X, Zhu S, Chen P, Hou W, Wen Q, Liu Curr Biol 2018 1
Mitochondrial dysfunction and Parkinson disease: a Parkin-AMPK alliance in neuro [PMID:26121488] Hang L, Thundyil J, Lim KL Ann N Y Acad Sci 2015 1
SIRT5 regulation of ammonia-induced autophagy and mitophagy. [PMID:25700560] Polletta L, Vernucci E, Carnevale I, Arc Autophagy 2015 1
Connexin43 Deficiency Leads to Ventricular Arrhythmias by Reprogramming Proline [PMID:41618855] ["Ying H", "Fan H", "Wang Y", "Jiang R", Advanced science (Weinheim, Ba 2026 0
Prenatal lipopolysaccharide exposure programs cardiac fibrosis via dysregulating [PMID:41789580] Wen Y, Yuan Y, Zhang H, Liu Y Molecular medicine reports 2026 0
Astrocytes Protect Brain Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells From Chemotherapy Throug [PMID:41486609] Yakati V, Rao SS Biotechnol Bioeng 2026 0