mechanism 1,827 words KG: ent-gene-257405c9 2026-03-26
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cGAS-STING Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease

🔬 Protein Info
Gene Symbolent-gene-257405c9
Genomic instabilityAccumulated DNA lesions in aging neuronssliter2018 2018, cGAS and STING regulate DNA damage-induced aging
Mitochondrial DNA leakagemtDNA escapes to cytosolbanerjee2023 2023, Mitochondrial DNA sensing in neurodegeneration
Nuclear pore dysfunctionPermits cytoplasmic DNA accumulationwang2017 2017, cGAS is essential for cellular senescence
Telomere erosionSenescent cells release chromosomal fragmentswang2017 2017, cGAS is essential for cellular senescence
MX2Promotes tau phosphorylationmathavarajan2024 2024, STING inhibition reduces neuroinflammation in AD models
IFITM3Enhances Aβ productionwang2024 2024, cGAS inhibitor RU.521 reduces pathological tau-induced inflammation
GBP proteinsDisrupt membrane integrityvan2022 2022, Targeting the cGAS-STING pathway for neuroprotection
C-176Covalently modifies STING
H-151Blocks STING palmitoylation
CoX-2 inhibitorsDownstream suppression
RU.521cGAS inhibitor
KG Connections2 knowledge graph edges
DatabasesGeneCardsUniProtNCBI GeneHPASTRING

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Related Experiments (30)

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benchmark_ot_ad_answer_key:STING data_in ent-gene-257405c9