Entity Detail — Knowledge Graph Node
This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about Tauopathy: 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.
Tauopathy is a disease characterized by neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, associated with, inhibits. Associated with Aging, Als, Alzheimer. Connected to 368 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Morphology | pyramidal neuron (source: Cell Ontology) |
| Associated Genes | CGAS, TREM2, APOE, APOE4, ABCA1, JUN, CHMP6, RAB35 |
| KG Connections | 647 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | OMIMOrphanetClinicalTrialsPubMed |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
graph TD
Tauopathy["Tauopathy"] -->|"activates"| Cholesterol["Cholesterol"]
Tauopathy["Tauopathy"] -->|"therapeutic target"| Lipid_Metabolism["Lipid Metabolism"]
Tauopathy["Tauopathy"] -->|"activates"| Autophagy["Autophagy"]
Tauopathy["Tauopathy"] -->|"activates"| Phagocytosis["Phagocytosis"]
Tauopathy["Tauopathy"] -.->|"inhibits"| Nf__b["Nf-Kappab"]
Tauopathy["Tauopathy"] -->|"therapeutic target"| Apoptosis["Apoptosis"]
JUN["JUN"] -->|"therapeutic target"| Tauopathy["Tauopathy"]
APOE["APOE"] -->|"activates"| Tauopathy["Tauopathy"]
ABCA1["ABCA1"] -->|"therapeutic target"| Tauopathy["Tauopathy"]
RAB7A["RAB7A"] -->|"activates"| Tauopathy["Tauopathy"]
style Tauopathy fill:#ef5350,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:2px,color:#e0e0e0| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer | associated_with | disease | 1.00 |
| Neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 1.00 |
| Alzheimer | activates | disease | 1.00 |
| Neurodegeneration | activates | disease | 1.00 |
| Autophagy | activates | pathway | 1.00 |
| Neurodegeneration | contributes_to | process | 0.90 |
| Microtubule | causes | protein | 0.85 |
| Senescent Microglia | associated_with | cell_type | 0.80 |
| Als | activates | disease | 0.75 |
| Alzheimer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.75 |
| Inflammation | activates | disease | 0.75 |
| Cholesterol | activates | pathway | 0.70 |
| Apoptosis | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.70 |
| Stem Cell | activates | pathway | 0.70 |
| Mtor | activates | pathway | 0.70 |
| Autophagy | interacts_with | pathway | 0.70 |
| Alzheimer | causes | disease | 0.65 |
| Huntington | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | inhibits | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | treats | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | treats | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | treats | disease | 0.65 |
| Lipid Metabolism | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Phagocytosis | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Nf-Κb | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Mtor | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Autophagy | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Calcium Signaling | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Mitophagy | therapeutic_target | pathway | 0.60 |
| Immunotherapy | associated_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Microbiota | expressed_in | pathway | 0.60 |
| Rna Splicing | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Complement | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Senescence | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Immune Response | activates | pathway | 0.60 |
| Blood-Brain Barrier | treats | pathway | 0.60 |
| Nf-Kb | inhibits | pathway | 0.60 |
| Oxidative Stress | treats | pathway | 0.60 |
| Mapk | treats | pathway | 0.60 |
| Synaptic Plasticity | treats | pathway | 0.60 |
| Endocytosis | interacts_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Differentiation | interacts_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Oxidative Stress | interacts_with | pathway | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICROGLIA | activates | gene | 1.00 |
| NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | activates | gene | 1.00 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | activates | gene | 1.00 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | activates | gene | 1.00 |
| TAU | activates | gene | 1.00 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | associated_with | gene | 1.00 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | associated_with | gene | 1.00 |
| TAU | associated_with | gene | 1.00 |
| ALZHEIMER | activates | gene | 1.00 |
| TAUOPATHY | activates | gene | 1.00 |
| AMYLOID | activates | gene | 1.00 |
| TAUOPATHY | associated_with | gene | 1.00 |
| ALZHEIMER | associated_with | gene | 1.00 |
| AUTOPHAGY | activates | gene | 0.95 |
| TAUOPATHY | expressed_in | gene | 0.95 |
| TAU | biomarker_for | protein | 0.95 |
| MAPT | causes | gene | 0.95 |
| Lipid Droplet Accumulation | associated_with | phenotype | 0.90 |
| TRIAD3A | protects_against | protein | 0.90 |
| Ps19 Mouse Model | associated_with | disease | 0.90 |
| 9H6F2 Antibody | biomarker_for | biomarker | 0.88 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.85 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | inhibits | gene | 0.85 |
| TAU PATHOLOGY | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.85 |
| TAU | inhibits | gene | 0.85 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | regulates | gene | 0.85 |
| TAU | regulates | gene | 0.85 |
| TAUOPATHY | inhibits | gene | 0.85 |
| TYROBP Deficiency | protects_against | phenotype | 0.85 |
| TAU | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.85 |
| TAUOPATHY | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.85 |
| ALZHEIMER | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.85 |
| ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.85 |
| TAUOPATHY | regulates | gene | 0.85 |
| MICROGLIA | regulates | gene | 0.85 |
| Tau Inclusions | biomarker_for | phenotype | 0.85 |
| Neuroinflammation | interacts_with | process | 0.85 |
| APP E590D | exacerbates | protein | 0.85 |
| Autophagic Body Accumulation | associated_with | phenotype | 0.80 |
| Auto-AMPH1 Antibodies | biomarker_for | biomarker | 0.80 |
| APOE | associated_with | gene | 0.75 |
| APOE4 | activates | gene | 0.75 |
| APOE4 | associated_with | gene | 0.75 |
| CGAS | activates | gene | 0.75 |
| APOE3 | activates | gene | 0.75 |
| TREM2 | activates | gene | 0.75 |
| CCL5 | activates | gene | 0.75 |
| CCR5 | activates | gene | 0.75 |
| NEURODEGENERATION | inhibits | gene | 0.75 |
| CYTOKINES | activates | gene | 0.75 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| TREM2 Antagonism in Late-Stage Tauopathy — Reducing Neuroinf | 0.444 | Alzheimer's disease | TREM2 agonism vs antagonism in DAM micro |
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-15 | 2 hypotheses Top: 0.455
neurodegeneration | 2026-04-15 | 0 hypotheses
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The gain-of-function TREM2-T96K mutation increases risk for Alzheimer's disease [PMID:41109213] | Pilat DJ, Le H, Prokopenko D, Lin CJ, Ei | Neuron | 2026 | 0 |
| Role of TREM2 in neuroinflammation. [PMID:41213496] | Abdulkhaliq AA, Alasiri G, Almoghrabi Y, | Exp Neurol | 2026 | 0 |
| Synergistic potential of TREM2 agonists and exercise training in Alzheimer's dis [PMID:41494649] | Zhang J, St Pierre Schneider B, Muguerza | Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab | 2026 | 0 |
| Diankuang Mengxing Decoction exerts neuroprotective effects in post-stroke depre [PMID:41534750] | Yang X, Zhao Y, Liu W, Feng J, Wu X et a | J Ethnopharmacol | 2026 | 0 |
| Armored macrophage-targeted CAR-T cells reset and reprogram the tumor microenvir [PMID:41576929] | Mateus-Tique J, Lakshmi A, Singh B, Iyer | Cancer Cell | 2026 | 0 |
| Peripheral cancer attenuates amyloid pathology in Alzheimer's disease via cystat [PMID:41576952] | Li X, Tang X, Zeng J, Duan L, Hou Z et a | Cell | 2026 | 0 |
| TREM2 expression level is critical for microglial state, metabolic capacity and [PMID:41580393] | Feiten AF, Dahm K, Schlepckow K, van Len | Nat Commun | 2026 | 0 |
| Large-scale single-cell analysis and in silico perturbation reveal dynamic evolu [PMID:41617928] | Xia P, Shuang S, Fu D, Liu L, Yang D et | NPJ Precis Oncol | 2026 | 0 |
| Dissecting genetic and immune drivers of heterogeneous responses to neoadjuvant [PMID:41720086] | Zhao Q, Huang R, Wang C, Hu J, Nie R et | Cancer Cell | 2026 | 0 |
| TREM2 deficiency delays postnatal microglial maturation and synaptic pruning, le [PMID:41930604] | Yang HC, Deng YS, Zhang J, Zhang T, Song | J Alzheimers Dis | 2026 | 0 |
| Hierarchical Targeting of TREM2(+) Myeloid Cells via Acid-Triggered OMVs Reprogr [PMID:41945876] | Chen F, Xue Y, Ma X, Chen L, Shao Z et a | Adv Sci (Weinh) | 2026 | 0 |
| Correction to "A Strategy Involving Microporous Microneedles Integrated with CAR [PMID:41952643] | Unknown | Advanced materials (Deerfield | 2026 | 0 |
| TREM2 in neurodegeneration and diseases. [PMID:41792456] | ["Abdulkhaliq A", "Alasiri G", "Kim B", | Molecular psychiatry | 2026 | 0 |
| Alzheimer's Disease as a Disorder of Neuroimmune Dysregulation. [PMID:41745721] | Aranda-Abreu GE, Rojas-Durán F, Hernánde | Neurology international | 2026 | 0 |
| Molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease using integrated multi-omics. [PMID:41907842] | Alhusaini M, Mussa BM, Ilce BY, Alhaj H, | Frontiers in aging neuroscienc | 2026 | 0 |
| Viral and non-viral cellular therapies for neurodegeneration. [PMID:41585268] | ["Srivastav Jyotsna", "Sharma Sachin"] | Frontiers in medicine | 2025 | 0 |
| Polycystic Lipomembranous Osteodysplasia with Sclerosing Leukoencephalopathy. [PMID:20301376] | Adam MP, Bick S, Mirzaa GM, Pagon RA, Wa | 1993 | 0 |