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DeCure for Neutropenia, severe congenital, 1, autosomal dominant

DeCure's autonomous Rare AI scientist is researching a drug-repurposing hypothesis for neutropenia, severe congenital, 1, autosomal dominant — screening already-approved drugs against its 2-gene Open Targets disease module to publish open-access research. Research is fast; the path to publication is funded in milestone stages.

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The disease map

Disease moduleNeutropenia, severe congenital, 1, autosomal dominant maps to a 2-gene Open Targets module — the target space DeCure's AI scientist screens approved drugs against.
DeCure.ai methodSignature reversal (LINCS) plus network proximity (STRING) rank already-approved drugs likely to perturb this module — the same engine that produces DeCure.ai's repurposing hypotheses.
Repurposing thesisScreening approved medicines against this disease module, then publishing the evidence for the strongest candidate. Known pharmacology and human exposure data make the first question sharper — they do not establish safety or efficacy in a new indication.

Research record

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ResearchComing soon
Candidate research + dossier — target rationale, drug-repurposing thesis and evidence pack.proof: Published dossier + on-chain hash
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ValidationComing soon
In-vitro biological validation at a contract research org (CRO).proof: CRO contract + in-vitro report
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Peer review & paperComing soon
Peer-reviewed paper published open-access (preprint + journal).proof: DOI + open-access link + on-chain hash

Current lead

No approved-drug candidate for neutropenia, severe congenital, 1, autosomal dominant is corroborated in the literature DeepSearch retrieved. Some conditions are managed with non-pharmacological care — a device, surgery or physical therapy — rather than a medicine; that may be the case here, or the literature we found may simply be too sparse yet to support a drug-repurposing angle.

Molecular view

elastase, neutrophil expressed (ELANE)ELANE is one of the genes genetically linked to this disease in Open Targets — shown as context, not as a drug target we're pursuing: no approved-drug candidate for this disease is yet corroborated in the literature we found.

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RCSB Protein Data Bank · entry 7CBK · 2.7 Å · ligand none (apo structure). Experimental structure, not a prediction.

Evidence

Retrieved by DeepSearch across 234,678,978 indexed works and resolved on OpenAlex — ranked by citations, including the results that did not work.

Human Mutation · 2014 · 45 citations · open access

<i>TCIRG1</i>-Associated Congenital Neutropenia

AbstractSevere congenital neutropenia (SCN) is a rare hematopoietic disorder, with estimated incidence of 1 in 200,000 individuals of European descent, many cases of which are inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Despite the fact that several causal genes have been identified, the genetic basis for >30% of cases remains unknown. We report a five-generation family segregating a novel single nucleotide variant (SNV) in TCIRG1. There is perfect cosegregation of the SNV with congenital neutropenia in this family; all 11 affected, but none of the unaffected, individuals carry this novel SNV. Western blot analysis show reduced levels of TCIRG1 protein in affected individuals, compared to healthy controls. Two unrelated patients with SCN, identified by independent investigators, are heterozygous for different, rare, highly conserved, coding variants in TCIRG1.

https://doi.org/10.1002/humu.22563
Haematologica · 2009 · 15 citations · open access

Molecular basis of congenital neutropenia

AbstractIn 1950 Rolf Kostmann discovered autosomal recessive severe congenital neutropenia and for more than 50 years its molecular etiology has remained enigmatic. In the last years, however, there have been impressive advances in this field. In this perspective article, Dr. Klein summarizes our current knowledge of the molecular basis of congenital neutropenia. See related paper on page 1449.

https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2009.012260

Disease module: DeepOracle (Open Targets). Structures: RDKit from PubChem SMILES. Literature: retrieved by DeepSearch across 234,678,978 indexed works (targeted per-candidate search), resolved on OpenAlex.

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