What are the specific molecular mechanisms by which PLEC upregulation contributes to both cardiac and neuronal pathology?

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The study identifies PLEC upregulation in heart failure cardiomyocytes and AD astrocytes but doesn't explain how this cytoskeletal protein mechanistically drives pathology in both systems. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for developing PLEC-targeted therapeutics. Gap type: unexplained_observation Source paper: Multi-trait association analysis reveals shared genetic loci between Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular traits. (2024, Nature communications, PMID:39537608)

Priority: 0.80 Domain: neurodegeneration Hypotheses: 0
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Landscape Summary: What are the specific molecular mechanisms by which PLEC upregulation contributes to both cardiac and neuronal pathology? is a 0.8 priority gap in neurodegeneration. It has 0 linked hypotheses with average composite score 0.000. Status: open.

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Colonna, Sevlever, et al. (TREM2 biology)

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What are the specific molecular mechanisms by which PLEC upregulation contributes to both cardiac and neuronal pathology? — INVOKE-2 (completed)

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activates (9)

PLECMsPLECHeart FailureASTROCYTESPLECPLECAstrocytePLECRNA
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associated with (9)

PLECALSPLECAlsMICROGLIAPLECPLECMICROGLIAPLECMacrophage
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binds to (1)

C1QPLEC

biomarker for (1)

PLECAlzheimer's disease

expressed in (18)

PLECbrain astrocytesPLECAlzheimerRS7529220PLECALZHEIMER'S DISEASEPLECALZHEIMERPLEC
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interacts with (3)

PLECCardiovascularC1QPLECPLECAlzheimer's disease

therapeutic target (9)

PLECAlsPLECCardiovascularPLECMapkGFAPPLECNDUFV1PLEC
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