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Clusterin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLU gene on chromosome 8. CLU is an extracellular molecular chaperone which binds to misfolded proteins in body fluids to neutralise their toxicity and mediate their cellular uptake by receptor-mediated endocytosis. Once internalised by cells, complexes between CLU and misfolded proteins are…
The analysis highlights Function, Clinical significance and Structure as prominent areas in the source structure around Clusterin.
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The extracted context around Clusterin shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Clusterin → antimicrobial humoral response, apical dendrite, apoptotic process, ATPase activity, blood microparticle, cell death, cell morphogenesis, cell surface, central nervous system myelin maintenance, chaperone binding, chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly, chaperone-mediated protein folding, chromaffin granule, complement activation, complement activation, classical pathway, cytoplasm, cytoplasmic vesicle, cytosol, endoplasmic reticulum, extracellular exosome Another extracted example is Clusterin → Achilles tendon, Brodmann area 10, Brodmann area 9, ciliary body, dorsal tegmental nucleus, dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, Epithelium of choroid plexus, epithelium of lens, external globus pallidus, habenula, iris, middle frontal gyrus, optic nerve, palpebral conjunctiva, paraflocculus of cerebellum, paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus, right testis, right uterine tube, subiculum, ventral tegmental area. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 152 structured relationships around Clusterin. Examples in this analysis include Clusterin → Aliases → CLU, AAG4, APO-J, APOJ, CLI, CLU1, CLU2, KUB1, NA1/NA2, SGP-2, SGP2, SP-40, TRPM-2, TRPM2, clusterin and Clusterin → Band → 8p21.1. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clusterin | Aliases | CLU, AAG4, APO-J, APOJ, CLI, CLU1, CLU2, KUB1, NA1/NA2, SGP-2, SGP2, SP-40, TRPM-2, TRPM2, clusterin | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Band | 8p21.1 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Band | 14 D1|14 34.36 cM | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | external globus pallidus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | Achilles tendon | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | paraflocculus of cerebellum | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | palpebral conjunctiva | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | optic nerve | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | Brodmann area 10 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | right uterine tube | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | middle frontal gyrus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | Brodmann area 9 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | right testis | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | iris | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | ciliary body | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | epithelium of lens | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | habenula | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | Epithelium of choroid plexus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | dorsal tegmental nucleus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | subiculum | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Bgee | ventral tegmental area | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | BioGPS | n/a | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Chr. | Chromosome 8 (human) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Chr. | Chromosome 14 (mouse) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Databases | NCBI: entry; OMA: entry | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | End | 27,614,700 bp | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | End | 66,218,996 bp | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clusterin | Ensembl | ENSG00000120885 | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around Clusterin bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Chromosome, Disease and Gene. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Clusterin, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Clusterin with Clinical significance. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Clusterin to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Function, Clinical significance & Structure, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Clusterin · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout