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Meningococcemia

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Aliases & Classifications for Meningococcemia

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MalaCards integrated aliases for Meningococcemia:

Name: Meningococcemia 54 56 74

Classifications:

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Summaries for Meningococcemia

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MalaCards based summary : Meningococcemia is related to meningococcal meningitis and meningitis. An important gene associated with Meningococcemia is BPI (Bactericidal Permeability Increasing Protein), and among its related pathways/superpathways are Response to elevated platelet cytosolic Ca2+ and Collagen chain trimerization. The drugs Vaccines and Immunologic Factors have been mentioned in the context of this disorder. Affiliated tissues include testes, skin and bone, and related phenotypes are Synthetic lethal with vaccinia virus (VACV) infection and cardiovascular system

Wikipedia : 77 Meningococcal disease describes infections caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis (also termed... more...

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Related Diseases for Meningococcemia

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Diseases related to Meningococcemia via text searches within MalaCards or GeneCards Suite gene sharing:

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# Related Disease Score Top Affiliating Genes
1 meningococcal meningitis 32.5 CFP MBL2
2 meningitis 30.9 CFP IL1B MBL2
3 purpura fulminans 30.4 PROC PROCR SERPINC1
4 neisseria meningitidis infection 30.1 CFP IL1RN MBL2
5 purpura 30.1 PROC PROCR SERPINC1 THBD
6 disseminated intravascular coagulation 29.8 F5 SERPINC1 SERPINE1 THBD
7 protein c deficiency 29.1 F5 PROC SERPINC1 THBD
8 myocardial infarction 27.9 CCL5 F5 IL1B PROCR SERPINC1 SERPINE1
9 meningococcal infection 11.4
10 dengue disease 11.1
11 chronic follicular conjunctivitis 10.4 IL1A IL1B
12 irritant dermatitis 10.3 IL1A IL1B
13 schnitzler syndrome 10.3 IL1B IL1RN
14 osteosclerotic myeloma 10.3 IL1B IL1RN
15 limbal stem cell deficiency 10.3 IL1A IL1B
16 prosthetic joint infection 10.3 IL1B MBL2
17 neonatal stroke 10.3 PROC SERPINE1
18 waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome 10.3
19 bacteremia 2 10.3 BPI MBL2
20 mannose-binding lectin deficiency 10.2 CFP MBL2
21 root resorption 10.2 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
22 somatoform disorder 10.2 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
23 silicosis 10.2 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
24 aggressive periodontitis 10.2 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
25 chorioamnionitis 10.2 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
26 osteomyelitis 10.2 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
27 bone inflammation disease 10.2 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
28 streptococcal meningitis 10.2 CFP MBL2
29 periodontal disease 10.2 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
30 inferior vena cava interruption 10.2 F5 SERPINE1
31 3mc syndrome 10.2 CFP MBL2
32 amaurosis fugax 10.2 F5 SERPINE1
33 bacterial vaginosis 10.2 IL1A IL1B MBL2
34 vulvar vestibulitis syndrome 10.2 IL1B IL1RN MBL2
35 scabies 10.2 CFP IL1A MBL2
36 acanthamoeba keratitis 10.2 F5 MBL2
37 burns 10.1 IL1B SERPINC1
38 cryptogenic cirrhosis 10.1 F5 SERPINE1
39 fibrinolytic defect 10.1 SERPINC1 SERPINE1
40 quebec platelet disorder 10.1 F5 SERPINE1
41 complement deficiency 10.1
42 myocarditis 10.1
43 aspirin allergy 10.1 SERPINC1 SERPINE1
44 argentine hemorrhagic fever 10.1 SERPINC1 SERPINE1
45 blue toe syndrome 10.1 SERPINC1 SERPINE1
46 dengue shock syndrome 10.1 IL1B IL1RN THBD
47 factor xiii deficiency 10.1 F5 SERPINE1
48 subendocardial myocardial infarction 10.1 SERPINC1 SERPINE1
49 hydrarthrosis 10.1 IL1B IL1RN
50 livedoid vasculitis 10.1 SERPINC1 SERPINE1

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Diseases related to Meningococcemia
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Symptoms & Phenotypes for Meningococcemia

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GenomeRNAi Phenotypes related to Meningococcemia according to GeneCards Suite gene sharing:

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# Description GenomeRNAi Source Accession Score Top Affiliating Genes
1 Synthetic lethal with vaccinia virus (VACV) infection GR00362-A 9.02 MBL2 PROC SERPINC1 SERPINE1 THBD

MGI Mouse Phenotypes related to Meningococcemia:

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# Description MGI Source Accession Score Top Affiliating Genes
1 cardiovascular system MP:0005385 9.96 CFP F5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN PROC
2 hematopoietic system MP:0005397 9.85 CCL5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN MBL2 PROC
3 homeostasis/metabolism MP:0005376 9.7 CFP F5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN MBL2
4 immune system MP:0005387 9.36 CCL5 CFP IL1A IL1B IL1RN MBL2
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Drugs & Therapeutics for Meningococcemia

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Drugs for Meningococcemia (from DrugBank, HMDB, Dgidb, PharmGKB, IUPHAR, NovoSeek, BitterDB):

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# Name Status Phase Clinical Trials Cas Number PubChem Id
1 Vaccines Phase 4,Phase 3,Phase 2
2 Immunologic Factors Phase 4,Phase 3,Phase 2
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Hydrocortisone acetate Approved, Vet_approved Phase 2 50-03-3
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Hydrocortisone Approved, Vet_approved Phase 2 50-23-7 5754
5 Immunoglobulins Phase 2
6 Antibodies Phase 2
7 Hydrocortisone 17-butyrate 21-propionate Phase 2
8 Hydrocortisone-17-butyrate Phase 2
9 Anti-Inflammatory Agents Phase 2
10 Hydrocortisone hemisuccinate Phase 2

Interventional clinical trials:


# Name Status NCT ID Phase Drugs
1 Study of Menactra® in US Adolescents When Administered Concomitantly With Tdap Vaccine Completed NCT00777257 Phase 4
2 Immunology and Safety of Menactra® in Children in Saudi Arabia Completed NCT00539032 Phase 3
3 Study of a Booster Dose of Meningococcal Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine in Adolescents Completed NCT00777790 Phase 2
4 Study of Antibody Responses After a Dose of Tetravalent Meningococcal Diphtheria Conjugate Vaccine in Children Completed NCT00771849 Phase 2
5 Antibody Persistence and Booster Dose Response in Subjects Who Received Menactra® Three Years Earlier in Study MTA26 Completed NCT00700713 Phase 2
6 Study of Reduced Dose of Menomune® in Children Who Previously Received Meningococcal Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine Completed NCT00772070 Phase 2
7 Evaluation of Corticosteroid Therapy in Childhood Severe Sepsis - a Randomised Pilot Study Completed NCT00732277 Phase 2 hydrocortisone
8 Antibody Responses Following Meningococcal Tetravalent (A, C, Y, and W-135) Conjugate Vaccination in Healthy Adults Terminated NCT00772629 Phase 2
9 Correlation Between Cytokines and the Severity of Meningococcal Disease Completed NCT01133834
10 Petechiae In Children (PIC) Study: Defining A Clinical Decision Rule for The Management Of Fever and Non-Blanching Rashes In Children Including The Role Of Point Of Care Testing For Procalcitonin & Neisseria Meningitidis DNA. Recruiting NCT03378258

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Genetic Tests for Meningococcemia

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Anatomical Context for Meningococcemia

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MalaCards organs/tissues related to Meningococcemia:

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Testes, Skin, Bone, Colon, Heart, Endothelial, Atrioventricular Node
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Publications for Meningococcemia

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Articles related to Meningococcemia:

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# Title Authors Year
1
The Brief Case: Meningococcemia Leading to a Diagnosis of Complement Deficiency in a 23-Month-Old. ( 30700562 )
2019
2
Closing the Brief Case: Meningococcemia Leading to a Diagnosis of Complement Deficiency in a 23-Month-Old. ( 30700563 )
2019
3
Chronic meningococcemia. ( 30788217 )
2019
4
Meningococcal meningitis with neurological complications and meningococcemia due to serogroup W sequence type 11 complex. ( 29373268 )
2018
5
Reply letter to "Fatal meningococcemia due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y in a vaccinated child receiving eculizumab". ( 29923779 )
2018
6
Fatal meningococcemia due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y in a vaccinated child receiving eculizumab. ( 29883245 )
2018
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Meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis in a 16-year-old young man: a case report. ( 30050613 )
2018
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Chronic meningococcemia presenting with recurrent painful rash and poly-arthralgia without fever. ( 30191127 )
2018
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Fulminant meningococcemia in adult caucasian male. ( 30267515 )
2018
10
Meningococcemia: rare but life-threatening. ( 30337290 )
2018
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Chronic meningococcemia: a report of 26 cases and literature review. ( 30341638 )
2018
12
Meningococcemia Masquerading as a Nonspecific Flu-Like Syndrome. ( 30519492 )
2018
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Meningococcemia in vaccinated patient under treatment with eculizumab. ( 26994815 )
2017
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A Case of Fulminant Meningococcemia: It Is All in the Complement. ( 28808592 )
2017
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No Neck Pain: Meningococcemia. ( 28821376 )
2017
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Fulminant meningococcemia. ( 28271045 )
2017
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Purpura Fulminans in Acute Meningococcemia. ( 28236134 )
2017
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Fatal meningococcemia mimicking intra-abdominal emergency. ( 29260273 )
2017
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Chronic meningococcemia in an immunocompetent child. ( 27535891 )
2016
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Meningococcemia in Adults: A Review of the Literature. ( 26984070 )
2016
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Late Sequel of Meningococcemia: Skeletal Dysplasia. ( 26960252 )
2016
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A rare case of chronic meningococcemia. ( 27728401 )
2016
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Experimental Evidence of Bacterial Colonization of Human Coronary Microvasculature and Myocardial Tissue during Meningococcemia. ( 27481255 )
2016
24
Right lower quadrant abdominal pain, fever, and hypotension: an atypical presentation of meningococcemia. ( 25825033 )
2015
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Meningococcal meningitis with meningococcemia: a rare sporadic case in an elderly patient with no history of contact with infected individuals. ( 25420647 )
2015
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Chronic meningococcemia presenting as a recurrent painful rash without fever in a teenage girl. ( 25970111 )
2015
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Meningococcemia Presenting as a Myocardial Infarction. ( 26640720 )
2015
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Corticosteroid-induced meningococcal meningitis in a patient with chronic meningococcemia. ( 24577072 )
2014
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MBL2 Deficiency is Associated with Higher Genomic Bacterial Loads during Meningococcemia in Young Children. ( 24977653 )
2014
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Rapid recovery following fulminant meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis in a 15-year-old Nepalese girl: a case report. ( 23950664 )
2013
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Meningococcemia: the pediatric orthopedic sequelae. ( 23622829 )
2013
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Purpura fulminans caused by meningococcemia in an infant. ( 23921694 )
2013
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Meningococcemia and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: a dangerous combination. ( 23061921 )
2013
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Meningococcemia due to the 2000 Hajj-associated outbreak strain (Serogroup W-135 ST-11) with immunoreactive complications. ( 24047748 )
2013
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Pathogenesis of meningococcemia. ( 23732856 )
2013
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Rash in meningococcemia. ( 22892518 )
2012
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Using the internet to trace contacts of a fatal meningococcemia case-New York City, 2010. ( 22635194 )
2012
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A baby with meningococcemia and septic shock. ( 22689868 )
2012
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Purpura fulminans from meningococcemia mimicking Stevens-Johnson syndrome in an adult patient taking etanercept. ( 23247497 )
2012
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Chronic meningococcemia cutaneous lesions involve meningococcal perivascular invasion through the remodeling of endothelial barriers. ( 22412064 )
2012
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Meningococcemia presenting as acute painful mononeuritis multiplex. ( 22100105 )
2012
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Atypical presentation of fatal meningococcemia: peritonitis and paradoxical centrifugal purpura fulminans of late onset. ( 21075588 )
2011
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Association of chronic meningococcemia with infection by meningococci with underacylated lipopolysaccharide. ( 21459106 )
2011
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Fatal meningococcemia. ( 23882342 )
2011
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Orthopaedic sequelae of childhood meningococcemia: management considerations and outcome. ( 20844162 )
2010
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Clinical images: Purpura fulminans caused by meningococcemia. ( 19858241 )
2010
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Severe rhabdomyolysis associated in meningococcemia. ( 20927300 )
2010
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Dermacase. Question: Can you identify this condition? Diagnosis: Meningococcemia. ( 20841592 )
2010
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Chronic meningococcemia in a 16-year-old boy: a case report. ( 19829911 )
2009
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Giant condyloma with demise secondary to meningococcemia in an infant boy. ( 19596116 )
2009
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Variations for Meningococcemia

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Expression for Meningococcemia

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Pathways for Meningococcemia

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Pathways related to Meningococcemia according to GeneCards Suite gene sharing:

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# Super pathways Score Top Affiliating Genes
1
Response to elevated platelet cytosolic Ca2+ 67
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 13.03 F5 PROC PROCR SERPINC1 SERPINE1 THBD
2
Collagen chain trimerization 67
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 12.59 F5 PROC SERPINC1 THBD
3
Influenza A 38
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 12.32 CCL5 CFP IL1A IL1B
4
Cell surface interactions at the vascular wall 67
Show member pathways
 11.98 PROC PROCR THBD
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Susceptibility Pathways 1
11.91 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
6
IL-1 Family Signaling Pathways 66
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 11.91 IL1A IL1B IL1RN SERPINE1
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Fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis 38
11.83 IL1A IL1B THBD
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Senescence and Autophagy in Cancer 1
11.7 IL1A IL1B SERPINE1
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Formation of Fibrin Clot (Clotting Cascade) 67
Show member pathways
 11.63 F5 PROC PROCR SERPINC1 SERPINE1 THBD
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Rheumatoid arthritis 38
11.59 CCL5 IL1A IL1B
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AGE-RAGE signaling pathway in diabetic complications 38
11.56 IL1A IL1B SERPINE1 THBD
12
Microglia Activation During Neuroinflammation: Microglia Polarization 66
11.46 CCL5 IL1B IL1RN
13
Complement and coagulation cascades 38 1
11.31 F5 MBL2 PROC PROCR SERPINC1 SERPINE1
14
Interleukin-10 signaling 67
11.15 CCL5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
15
Prion diseases 38
11.04 CCL5 IL1A IL1B
16
Cytokines and Inflammatory Response 1
11.02 IL1A IL1B
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G-protein signaling_RhoB regulation pathway 23
10.98 CCL5 IL1A IL1B
18
Interleukin-1 processing 67
10.25 IL1A IL1B
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GO Terms for Meningococcemia

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Cellular components related to Meningococcemia according to GeneCards Suite gene sharing:

# Name GO ID Score Top Affiliating Genes
1 extracellular region GO:0005576 9.73 BPI CCL5 CFP F5 IL1A IL1B
2 endoplasmic reticulum lumen GO:0005788 9.46 CFP F5 PROC SERPINC1
3 extracellular space GO:0005615 9.44 BPI CCL5 CFP F5 IL1A IL1B

Biological processes related to Meningococcemia according to GeneCards Suite gene sharing:

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# Name GO ID Score Top Affiliating Genes
1 inflammatory response GO:0006954 9.84 CCL5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
2 cytokine-mediated signaling pathway GO:0019221 9.8 CCL5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
3 regulation of signaling receptor activity GO:0010469 9.77 CCL5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN SERPINE1
4 cellular response to lipopolysaccharide GO:0071222 9.74 IL1B IL1RN SERPINE1
5 positive regulation of angiogenesis GO:0045766 9.73 IL1A IL1B SERPINE1
6 immune response GO:0006955 9.73 BPI CCL5 CFP IL1A IL1B IL1RN
7 neutrophil chemotaxis GO:0030593 9.65 CCL5 IL1B IL1RN
8 extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand GO:0097192 9.6 IL1A IL1B
9 positive regulation of interleukin-8 production GO:0032757 9.59 IL1B SERPINE1
10 positive regulation of mitotic nuclear division GO:0045840 9.58 IL1A IL1B
11 positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor production GO:0010575 9.58 IL1A IL1B
12 interleukin-1-mediated signaling pathway GO:0070498 9.58 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
13 positive regulation of monocyte chemotaxis GO:0090026 9.55 CCL5 SERPINE1
14 positive regulation of interleukin-2 biosynthetic process GO:0045086 9.52 IL1A IL1B
15 negative regulation of fibrinolysis GO:0051918 9.51 SERPINE1 THBD
16 ectopic germ cell programmed cell death GO:0035234 9.46 IL1A IL1B
17 negative regulation of coagulation GO:0050819 9.43 PROC PROCR
18 blood coagulation GO:0007596 9.35 F5 PROC PROCR SERPINC1 THBD
19 negative regulation of blood coagulation GO:0030195 9.33 PROC SERPINE1 THBD
20 fever generation GO:0001660 9.32 IL1A IL1B
21 hemostasis GO:0007599 9.02 F5 PROC PROCR SERPINC1 THBD

Molecular functions related to Meningococcemia according to GeneCards Suite gene sharing:

# Name GO ID Score Top Affiliating Genes
1 protein binding GO:0005515 9.93 CCL5 CFP F5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
2 cytokine activity GO:0005125 9.26 CCL5 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
3 interleukin-1 receptor binding GO:0005149 8.8 IL1A IL1B IL1RN
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