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PHOX2B: Immunohistochemistry, Pathology & Overview

Paired-like homeobox 2b (PHOX2B), also known as neuroblastoma Phox (NBPhox), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PHOX2B gene located on chromosome 4.

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PHOX2B topic overview

The analysis highlights Immunohistochemistry, Pathology and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around PHOX2B.

Related topics
14
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
17
Extracted relationships
130
Concept neighborhoods
12
Bridge connections
17

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Immunohistochemistry · 5 topics
Pathology · 5 topics
Overview · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Aliases
PHOX2B, NBLST2, NBPhox, PMX2B, paired like homeobox 2b, CCHS
Band
4p13 · 5 C3.1|5 35.95 cM
Bgee
muscle layer of sigmoid colon · buccal mucosa cell · dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve · inferior olivary nucleus · rectum
BioGPS
n/a
Chr.
Chromosome 4 (human) · Chromosome 5 (mouse)
Databases
NCBI: entry; OMA: entry

Suggested research paths

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Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

Immunohistochemistry

Pathology

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How PHOX2B connects Entity context

The extracted context around PHOX2B shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, PHOX2B → autonomic nervous system development, brainstem development, cell development, cell differentiation in hindbrain, cellular response to BMP stimulus, DNA binding, DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, dopaminergic neuron differentiation, efferent axon development in a lateral line nerve, enteric nervous system development, glial cell differentiation, hindbrain tangential cell migration, inner ear development, medullary reticular formation development, multicellular organism development, negative regulation of cell population proliferation, negative regulation of neuron differentiation, nervous system development, neural crest cell migration involved in autonomic nervous system development Another extracted example is PHOX2B → adrenal gland, appendix, buccal mucosa cell, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve, duodenum, enteric nervous system, external carotid artery, facial motor nucleus, female urethra, inferior olivary nucleus, internal carotid artery, male urethra, medial vestibular nucleus, migratory enteric neural crest cell, muscle layer of sigmoid colon, pelvic ganglion, rectum, right adrenal gland, small intestine, transverse colon. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

PHOX2B

Top relations

Gene ontology · 44
PHOX2B → autonomic nervous system development, brainstem development, cell development, cell differentiation in hindbrain, cellular response to BMP stimulus, DNA binding, DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, dopaminergic neuron differentiation, efferent axon development in a lateral line nerve, enteric nervous system development, glial cell differentiation, hindbrain tangential cell migration, inner ear development, medullary reticular formation development, multicellular organism development, negative regulation of cell population proliferation, negative regulation of neuron differentiation, nervous system development, neural crest cell migration involved in autonomic nervous system development
Bgee · 20
PHOX2B → adrenal gland, appendix, buccal mucosa cell, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve, duodenum, enteric nervous system, external carotid artery, facial motor nucleus, female urethra, inferior olivary nucleus, internal carotid artery, male urethra, medial vestibular nucleus, migratory enteric neural crest cell, muscle layer of sigmoid colon, pelvic ganglion, rectum, right adrenal gland, small intestine, transverse colon
RNA expression pattern · 20
PHOX2B → adrenal gland, appendix, buccal mucosa cell, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve, duodenum, enteric nervous system, external carotid artery, facial motor nucleus, female urethra, inferior olivary nucleus, internal carotid artery, male urethra, medial vestibular nucleus, migratory enteric neural crest cell, muscle layer of sigmoid colon, pelvic ganglion, rectum, right adrenal gland, small intestine, transverse colon
related to Research · 9
PHOX2B → CCHS, Congenitial Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, Keep Me Breathing, Organisations, September, The CCHS Network, These, UK, USA
related to Pathology · 7
PHOX2B → An, Exon, Hirschsprung's, In, Mutations, ROHHAD, There
related to External links · 5
PHOX2B → Congenital Central Hypoventilation SyndromePhox2b, GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library
related to Immunohistochemistry · 4
PHOX2B → Essential, Its, Neuroblasts, The
Band · 2
PHOX2B → 4p13, 5 C3.1|5 35.95 cM
Chr. · 2
PHOX2B → Chromosome 4 (human), Chromosome 5 (mouse)
End · 2
PHOX2B → 41,748,725 bp, 67,256,644 bp

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Important terminology

bp gene human chromosome also chr band nervous system differentiation neuroblastoma protein external transcription factor respiratory location central hypoventilation syndrome

PHOX2B relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 130 structured relationships around PHOX2B. Examples in this analysis include PHOX2B → Aliases → PHOX2B, NBLST2, NBPhox, PMX2B, paired like homeobox 2b, CCHS and PHOX2B → Band → 4p13. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PHOX2BAliasesPHOX2B, NBLST2, NBPhox, PMX2B, paired like homeobox 2b, CCHS1.00infobox
PHOX2BBand4p131.00infobox
PHOX2BBand5 C3.1|5 35.95 cM1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeemuscle layer of sigmoid colon1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeebuccal mucosa cell1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeedorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeeinferior olivary nucleus1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeerectum1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeetransverse colon1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeeappendix1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeesmall intestine1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeeright adrenal gland1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeeduodenum1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeemigratory enteric neural crest cell1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeeexternal carotid artery1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeepelvic ganglion1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeeenteric nervous system1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeeinternal carotid artery1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeeadrenal gland1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeefacial motor nucleus1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeefemale urethra1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeemedial vestibular nucleus1.00infobox
PHOX2BBgeemale urethra1.00infobox
PHOX2BBioGPSn/a1.00infobox
PHOX2BChr.Chromosome 4 (human)1.00infobox
PHOX2BChr.Chromosome 5 (mouse)1.00infobox
PHOX2BDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
PHOX2BEnd41,748,725 bp1.00infobox
PHOX2BEnd67,256,644 bp1.00infobox
PHOX2BEnsemblENSG000001091321.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around PHOX2B bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Crest, Neural and Protein. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • PHOX2B
    • Crest
    • Neural
    • Protein
    • Staining
    • Central
    • Hypoventilation
    • Syndrome
    • Human
    • External
    • Sympathetic
    • Cchs
    • Congenital
  • phox2b
    • Crest
    • Neural
    • Protein
    • Staining
    • Central
    • Hypoventilation
    • Syndrome
    • Human
    • External
    • Sympathetic
    • Cchs
    • Congenital
  • gene
    • Chromosome
    • Location
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Human
    • C3
    • End
    • External
    • Homeobox
    • Mouse
    • Nbphox
    • Protein
  • chromosome 4
    • Bp
    • Chr
    • Human
    • Location
    • Gene
    • Band
    • C3
    • End
    • External
    • Homeobox
    • Mouse
    • Nbphox
  • autonomic nervous system
    • Respiratory
    • System
    • Neurons
    • Sympathetic
    • Human
    • C3
    • End
    • External
    • Mouse
    • Transcription
    • Congenital
    • Crest
  • enteric nervous system
    • Respiratory
    • System
    • Neurons
    • Sympathetic
    • Human
    • C3
    • End
    • External
    • Mouse
    • Transcription
    • Congenital
    • Crest
  • neural crest cells
    • Neural
    • Small
    • Phox2b
    • End
    • Expressed
    • External
    • Factor
    • Mouse
    • Neurons
    • Sympathetic
    • Transcription
    • Differentiation
  • congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
    • Hypoventilation
    • Syndrome
    • Central
    • Congenital
    • Phox2b
    • Sympathetic
    • Nervous
    • Protein
    • Respiratory
    • System
    • Human

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For PHOX2B, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects PHOX2B with Immunohistochemistry. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
PHOX2B — Immunohistochemistry · splits 12 ⟂ 6
PHOX2B — Pathology · splits 12 ⟂ 6
PHOX2B — Overview · splits 13 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

PHOX2B

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples130
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around PHOX2B to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Immunohistochemistry, Pathology & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — PHOX2B · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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