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CFAP36

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Also known as MGC15407BARTL1

Summary

CFAP36 (cilia and flagella associated protein 36, HGNC:30540) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 2p16.1, encoding Cilia- and flagella-associated protein 36 (Q96G28). May act as an effector for ARL3.

Located in ciliary transition zone.

Source: NCBI Gene 112942 — automated summary from GO annotations (Alliance of Genome Resources).

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 1
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 65 total
  • GTEx eGene: eQTL in 14 tissues, sQTL in 6 (q < 0.05)
  • Constraint (gnomAD): pLI 0.01 (LoF-tolerant), LOEUF 0.87 (unconstrained)
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_080667
  • Notable: 65 clinical variants but no curated precision-oncology (CIViC) evidence yet

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:30540
Approved symbolCFAP36
Namecilia and flagella associated protein 36
Location2p16.1
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesMGC15407, BARTL1
Ensembl geneENSG00000163001
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
Entrez112942

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 33 — 21 protein_coding, 10 nonsense_mediated_decay, 1 retained_intron, 1 protein_coding_CDS_not_defined

MANE Select: ENST00000349456

Transcript support level (Ensembl TSL; 1 = fully mRNA-supported): TSL 1: 3, TSL 2: 2, TSL 3: 1, TSL 5: 1

ENST00000349456, ENST00000339012, ENST00000403007, ENST00000406691, ENST00000407816, ENST00000481791, ENST00000490934, ENST00000904948, ENST00000904949, ENST00000904950, ENST00000904951, ENST00000904952, ENST00000924584, ENST00000924585, ENST00000959251, ENST00000959252, ENST00000959253, ENST00000979787, ENST00000979788, ENST00001039312, ENST00001039313, ENST00001039314, ENST00001039316, ENST00001039317, ENST00001039319, ENST00001039320, ENST00001102867, ENST00001105726, ENST00001116222, ENST00001121771, ENST00001123981, ENST00001128748, ENST00001141597

RefSeq mRNA: 2 — MANE Select: NM_080667 NM_001282761, NM_080667

CCDS: CCDS1854, CCDS62911

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000349456 — 10 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000010705055554422055544369
ENSE000010705095552887855528992
ENSE000011467575552210255522166
ENSE000017396725552372155523822
ENSE000018809815551971855519916
ENSE000019133815554490755545079
ENSE000034904645553571255535763
ENSE000035780225554393855544074
ENSE000036130745553387355533960
ENSE000036701255553748355537585

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 253 present calls, max score 98.67.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 49.6260 / max 1062.1675, expressed in 1821 samples.

Highest expression (Bgee): testis, adenohypophysis, pituitary gland, uterine tube, calcaneal tendon.

Genetic regulation across tissues (GTEx eQTL / sQTL)

CFAP36 is an eGene in GTEx v10 — its expression is genetically regulated (eQTL) in 14 tissues and its splicing (sQTL) in 6 (q < 0.05). Strongest associations first; slope = normalized effect of the lead variant’s alternative allele.

20 significant tissue × QTL associations:

TissueQTLq-valueSlopeLead variant
Adipose Subcutaneouseqtl3.7e-09-0.172:55566340:G:A
Lungsqtl4.3e-08+0.502:55568421:C:T
Brain Cortexsqtl1.4e-06+0.952:55440271:C:T
Nerve Tibialeqtl2.2e-05-0.162:55569702:G:A
Breast Mammary Tissueeqtl4.2e-05-0.162:55541747:G:T
Brain Cerebellumeqtl6.7e-05+0.822:55459248:G:C
Brain Cortexeqtl1.6e-03-0.132:55558388:A:T
Brain Hypothalamussqtl2.0e-03+0.722:55441868:T:A
Esophagus Mucosaeqtl2.1e-03-0.152:55551753:A:AAAAT
Brain Cerebellar Hemisphereeqtl9.3e-03+0.482:55699746:C:G
Lungeqtl1.1e-02-0.122:55562278:T:C
Adipose Visceral Omentumeqtl1.1e-02-0.102:55562278:T:C
Brain Nucleus accumbens basal gangliaeqtl1.7e-02-0.132:55571801:G:T
Cells Cultured fibroblastseqtl1.7e-02-0.142:55008830:T:C
Brain Cerebellumsqtl1.9e-02+0.502:55716611:C:T
Skin Not Sun Exposed Suprapubiceqtl2.2e-02-0.102:55579148:T:G
Adipose Subcutaneoussqtl2.8e-02+0.572:55486142:A:G
Artery Tibialeqtl3.1e-02-0.112:55446815:T:C
Brain Frontal Cortex BA9sqtl3.7e-02-2.122:55795703:G:A
Minor Salivary Glandeqtl4.4e-02-0.752:54593746:C:A

FANTOM5 promoters

2 alternative TSS:

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
2034347.90971821
203421.71631078

Top tissues by expression

showing 100 of 256 tissues by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
left testisUBERON:000453398.67gold quality
adenohypophysisUBERON:000219698.60gold quality
pituitary glandUBERON:000000798.50gold quality
right testisUBERON:000453498.46gold quality
right uterine tubeUBERON:000130297.81gold quality
calcaneal tendonUBERON:000370197.75gold quality
Brodmann (1909) area 9UBERON:001354097.74gold quality
nucleus accumbensUBERON:000188297.69gold quality
hypothalamusUBERON:000189897.68gold quality
right frontal lobeUBERON:000281097.61gold quality
anterior cingulate cortexUBERON:000983597.52gold quality
testisUBERON:000047397.49gold quality
caudate nucleusUBERON:000187397.36gold quality
putamenUBERON:000187497.28gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000697.27gold quality
amygdalaUBERON:000187697.13gold quality
dorsolateral prefrontal cortexUBERON:000983497.12gold quality
prefrontal cortexUBERON:000045196.99gold quality
left ovaryUBERON:000211996.85gold quality
left lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000112096.80gold quality
ponsUBERON:000098896.79gold quality
bronchial epithelial cellCL:000232896.75gold quality
right ovaryUBERON:000211896.59gold quality
neocortexUBERON:000195096.52gold quality
thyroid glandUBERON:000204696.51gold quality
frontal cortexUBERON:000187096.48gold quality
bronchusUBERON:000218596.42gold quality
forebrainUBERON:000189096.40gold quality
olfactory segment of nasal mucosaUBERON:000538696.38gold quality
right lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000111996.36gold quality
endocervixUBERON:000045896.32gold quality
body of uterusUBERON:000985396.32gold quality
lower esophagus muscularis layerUBERON:003583396.31gold quality
lower esophagusUBERON:001347396.28gold quality
esophagogastric junction muscularis propriaUBERON:003584196.16gold quality
tendonUBERON:000004396.09gold quality
mucosa of stomachUBERON:000119996.00gold quality
metanephros cortexUBERON:001053395.99gold quality
cerebral cortexUBERON:000095695.93gold quality
tibial nerveUBERON:000132395.93gold quality
C1 segment of cervical spinal cordUBERON:000646995.93gold quality
brainUBERON:000095595.92gold quality
cortical plateUBERON:000534395.92gold quality
muscle layer of sigmoid colonUBERON:003580595.85gold quality
tendon of biceps brachiiUBERON:000818895.84gold quality
substantia nigraUBERON:000203895.78gold quality
left coronary arteryUBERON:000162695.76gold quality
tibial arteryUBERON:000761095.73gold quality
popliteal arteryUBERON:000225095.71gold quality
ovaryUBERON:000099295.70gold quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162595.66gold quality
ventricular zoneUBERON:000305395.57gold quality
left uterine tubeUBERON:000130395.56gold quality
sural nerveUBERON:001548895.50gold quality
aortaUBERON:000094795.46gold quality
descending thoracic aortaUBERON:000234595.45gold quality
midbrainUBERON:000189195.39gold quality
substantia nigra pars compactaUBERON:000196595.36gold quality
gall bladderUBERON:000211095.35gold quality
coronary arteryUBERON:000162195.33gold quality
ascending aortaUBERON:000149695.26gold quality
thoracic aortaUBERON:000151595.24gold quality
Ammon’s hornUBERON:000195495.22gold quality
spinal cordUBERON:000224095.19gold quality
smooth muscle tissueUBERON:000113595.09gold quality
pancreasUBERON:000126494.98gold quality
body of pancreasUBERON:000115094.83gold quality
fallopian tubeUBERON:000388994.81gold quality
right lungUBERON:000216794.60gold quality
superior vestibular nucleusUBERON:000722794.51gold quality
left adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582594.51gold quality
body of stomachUBERON:000116194.50gold quality
cerebellar hemisphereUBERON:000224594.49gold quality
cerebellar cortexUBERON:000212994.40gold quality
left adrenal glandUBERON:000123494.35gold quality
temporal lobeUBERON:000187194.32gold quality
right hemisphere of cerebellumUBERON:001489094.24gold quality
ectocervixUBERON:001224994.17gold quality
lateral nuclear group of thalamusUBERON:000273694.05gold quality
myometriumUBERON:000129694.02gold quality
substantia nigra pars reticulataUBERON:000196694.00gold quality
prostate glandUBERON:000236793.96gold quality
right adrenal glandUBERON:000123393.94gold quality
adrenal cortexUBERON:000123593.89gold quality
peritoneumUBERON:000235893.89gold quality
omental fat padUBERON:001041493.89gold quality
right adrenal gland cortexUBERON:003582793.86gold quality
ganglionic eminenceUBERON:000402393.78gold quality
cortex of kidneyUBERON:000122593.72gold quality
cerebellumUBERON:000203793.70gold quality
superior frontal gyrusUBERON:000266193.69gold quality
right atrium auricular regionUBERON:000663193.64gold quality
postcentral gyrusUBERON:000258193.62gold quality
parietal lobeUBERON:000187293.57gold quality
adult mammalian kidneyUBERON:000008293.54gold quality
stomachUBERON:000094593.54gold quality
uterusUBERON:000099593.51gold quality
uterine cervixUBERON:000000293.49gold quality
cartilage tissueUBERON:000241893.40gold quality
minor salivary glandUBERON:000183093.35gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 5 experiment(s), a significant marker in 4.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-GEOD-134144yes28.72
E-ANND-3yes11.81
E-MTAB-9388yes7.03
E-MTAB-10137yes4.11
E-CURD-112no2.84

HPA expression

RNA tissue specificity: Low tissue specificity

showing 60 of 80 HPA tissues / cells by nTPM:

Tissue / cellAxisnTPMProtein (IHC)
Testistissue135.7high
Retinatissue115.1
Pituitary glandtissue113.7
Caudate putamentissue92.0
Frontal cortextissue91.5
Choroid plexustissue89.9
Postcentral gyrustissue79.5
Parathyroid glandtissue73.3low
Thyroid glandtissue72.9medium
Epididymistissue72.7medium
Nucleus accumbenstissue66.7
Kidneytissue59.0medium
Fallopian tubetissue58.6medium
Locus coeruleustissue57.2
Ovarytissue56.0medium
Hippocampustissue54.2low
Breasttissue45.8medium
Endometrium 1tissue44.1low
Seminal vesicletissue42.3low
Cervixtissue40.3medium
Adrenal glandtissue40.3low
Prostatetissue39.0low
Gallbladdertissue38.3medium
Vaginatissue35.9low
Smooth muscletissue34.9low
Cerebral cortextissue31.6medium
Occipital cortextissue31.6
Stomach 1tissue31.5medium
Urinary bladdertissue31.1low
Somatosensory cortextissue31.1
Prefrontal cortextissue29.7
Pancreastissue29.5medium
Putamentissue29.1
Heart muscletissue29.0low
Hippocampal formationtissue28.9
Retrosplenial and cingulate cortextissue28.4
Motor cortextissue28.3
Lungtissue28.0high
Entorhinal cortextissue27.7
Temporal cortextissue27.4
Olfactory bulbtissue26.3
Basal gangliatissue26.2low
Retrosplenial cortextissue25.7
Tonguetissue25.3
Septumtissue25.3
Ventral forebraintissue24.2
Ponstissue24.1
Adipose tissuetissue23.9low
Insular cortextissue23.7
Cerebellumtissue23.6low
Thalamustissue23.2
Superior colliculitissue22.6
Amygdalatissue22.5
Rectumtissue21.7medium
Thymustissue21.3
Midbraintissue21.0
Hypothalamustissue21.0
Esophagustissue20.5low
Lymph nodetissue20.3low
Colontissue20.3medium

Brain sub-regions (HPA Brain Atlas): detected in 192; highest nTPM — Arcuate nucleus (80.3), Premotor cortex, ventral (71.8), Perirhinal gyrus (71.4), Olfactory tubercle (70.6), Nucleus of the diagonal band (70.3).

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Functional genomics

gnomAD constraint: pLI 0.0141, LOEUF 0.867, missense Z -0.504 — population loss-of-function intolerance (pLI ≥ 0.9 = LoF-intolerant; lower LOEUF = more constrained). gnomAD

Regional missense constraint (gnomAD RMC): no regional variation along ENST00000349456 — one region, missense o/e 1.03.

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 1)

  • The association between Yo and CCDC104 antibodies in paraneoplastic neurological syndromes may indicate functional similarities. (PMID:19680650)

Cross-species orthologs

5 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriocfap36ENSDARG00000037079
mus_musculusCfap36ENSMUSG00000020462
rattus_norvegicusCfap36ENSRNOG00000003901
drosophila_melanogasterCG14367FBGN0038170
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00022435

Mouse-model phenotypes

Observed phenotypes of the mouse ortholog (MGI:1913994) from MGI (Alliance of Genome Resources) — knockout/mutant phenotypes, ranked by annotation count. 3 distinct phenotype terms.

Mouse phenotype (MP)Records
decreased body weight1
decreased circulating alkaline phosphatase level1
increased circulating sodium level1

Additional cross-species homologs

Sequence homologs in species beyond Ensembl Compara’s model organisms, by Diamond local protein alignment (% sequence identity; best hit per species). Lower-identity rows are more distant homologs. The matched accessions’ gene symbols aren’t in biobtree yet, so each row shows the UniProt accession.

OrganismUniProtIdentityMethod
Bos taurusQ32PC998.8%Diamond
Xenopus tropicalisQ28IH885.8%Diamond
Xenopus laevisQ7T0S785.8%Diamond
Gallus gallusQ5ZKW580.3%Diamond

Genomic neighbors (locus context)

Genes flanking this one on the chromosome (NCBI/Entrez gene neighborhood). Positional context only — some neighbors share regulatory elements (bidirectional promoters, antisense/overlapping transcripts), but chromosomal adjacency is not itself a functional relationship (see Interactions for that).

SymbolTypeEntrez
PPP4R3Bprotein-coding57223
PNPT1protein-coding87178
PPP4R3B-DTncRNA107985885

Protein

Protein identifiers

Cilia- and flagella-associated protein 36 — Q96G28 (reviewed: Q96G28)

Alternative names: Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 104

All UniProt accessions (4): B5MC35, B5MCA1, B5MD16, Q96G28

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. May act as an effector for ARL3.

Subunit / interactions. Interacts with ARL3.

Subcellular location. Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Cell projection. Cilium. Flagellum.

Tissue specificity. Expressed in several human tissues including brain, testis, heart, lung, pancreas and spleen (at protein level).

Similarity. Belongs to the CFAP36 family.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q96G28-11yes
Q96G28-22

RefSeq proteins (2): NP_001269690, NP_542398* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR023379BART_domDomain
IPR038888CFAP36Family
IPR042541BART_sfHomologous_superfamily

Pfam: PF11527

UniProt features (15 total): region of interest 3, modified residue 3, sequence variant 3, compositionally biased region 3, chain 1, splice variant 1, coiled-coil region 1

Structure

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q96G28-F173.920.35

Human Protein Atlas

Protein class: Predicted intracellular proteins

Protein evidence: Evidence at protein level

Subcellular location (HPA, imaging): nucleoplasm; cytosol; nuclear bodies; nucleoli fibrillar center; primary cilium

Antibody reliability (HPA): IH approved · IF approved

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Post-translational modifications (3)

TypePositions
Phosphoserine201, 85, 147

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

0 curated (TAS) of 0; 0 disease pathways. Curated-first; evidence = TAS (manually curated) vs IEA (electronic inference).

MSigDB gene sets: 62 (showing top): CCAWYNNGAAR_UNKNOWN, GOCC_CYTOPLASMIC_REGION, GOCC_MOTILE_CILIUM, GOCC_CILIARY_TRANSITION_ZONE, MARSON_BOUND_BY_E2F4_UNSTIMULATED, GOCC_CILIARY_BASE, WGTTNNNNNAAA_UNKNOWN, GOCC_CILIUM, SCGGAAGY_ELK1_02, MGGAAGTG_GABP_B, GSE13762_CTRL_VS_125_VITAMIND_DAY12_DC_DN, HAMAI_APOPTOSIS_VIA_TRAIL_UP, WAKABAYASHI_ADIPOGENESIS_PPARG_BOUND_8D, ZNF585B_TARGET_GENES, CREIGHTON_ENDOCRINE_THERAPY_RESISTANCE_2

GO Molecular Function (1): protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (7): nucleus (GO:0005634), axoneme (GO:0005930), motile cilium (GO:0031514), ciliary transition zone (GO:0035869), ciliary base (GO:0097546), cytoplasm (GO:0005737), cilium (GO:0005929)

GO top-level categories

13 GO namespaces:

CategoryTerms
cellular anatomical structure4
cilium3
binding1
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle1
cytoskeleton1
microtubule1
ciliary plasm1
ciliary transition zone1
ciliary transition fiber1
intracellular anatomical structure1
intraciliary transport particle1
membrane-bounded organelle1
plasma membrane bounded cell projection1

Experimentally-supported GO annotations

GO terms backed by direct experimental evidence (ECO experimental codes) — 1 of 8 annotations. The rest are phylogenetic / computational / electronic (IEA).

1 experimentally-supported GO terms:

GO termNSEvidence
ciliary transition zoneCCdirect assay

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

showing 15 of 406 interactions by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
CFAP36ARL3P36405643
CFAP36FAM161BQ96MY7549
CFAP36FAM81BQ96LP2526
CFAP36ZCCHC17Q9NP64525
CFAP36TTC29Q8NA56522
CFAP36CCDC63Q8NA47505
CFAP36IWS1Q96ST2478
CFAP36CNOT10Q9H9A5477
CFAP36RIBC2Q9H4K1472
CFAP36SPICE1Q8N0Z3450
CFAP36MKS1Q9NXB0448
CFAP36VWA1Q6PCB0432
CFAP36DNAAF9Q5TEA3409
CFAP36ATP5PBP24539409
CFAP36GAREM1Q9H706402

IntAct

Human interaction partners of CFAP36 in IntAct, one row per partner (best MIscore; records = supporting IntAct interaction records).

5 partners by confidence:

PartnerInteraction typeMIscoreRecords
SNTB2association0.6202
DAZAP2physical association0.5603
ARL2association0.5301
FCHSD2physical association0.0001
RAC1physical association0.0001

BioGRID (35 interactions; top human partners by supporting records): ARL2 (Affinity Capture-MS; 3 records), KCTD10 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), OSBPL9 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), SNTB2 (Affinity Capture-MS; 2 records), UBC (Reconstituted Complex; 2 records), ACBD5 (Proximity Label-MS), ARL3 (Proximity Label-MS), BDH2 (Affinity Capture-MS), BRPF3 (Affinity Capture-MS), COX8A (Proximity Label-MS), DPP9 (Proximity Label-MS), FAS (Proximity Label-MS), FCHSD2 (Two-hybrid), HSPA1A (Affinity Capture-MS), MFN2 (Proximity Label-MS)

Disease & clinical

Genetic variants

Variant evidence for CFAP36: 65 ClinVar records (0 pathogenic / likely pathogenic); 1 GWAS association.

ClinVar

65 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance44
Likely benign1
Benign0

SpliceAI

Top 10 splice-impact sites by Δscore (adjacent positions with the same effect merged into one range; 32 predictions of 874):

Position(s)EffectΔscoreSites
2:55519917–55519918donor_loss1.00005
2:55522095–55522097acceptor_gain1.00002
2:55522100acceptor_loss1.00003
2:55522167donor_loss1.00002
2:55523719–55523720acceptor_loss1.00004
2:55523822–55523824donor_loss1.00006
2:55529015donor_gain1.0000
2:55533871–55533872acceptor_loss1.00006
2:55533950donor_gain1.0000
2:55533961–55533962donor_loss1.00002

AlphaMissense

630 missense substitutions predicted likely pathogenic (of 2,278 scored), across 164 residues. Top 20 hotspot residues, ranked by the number of likely-pathogenic substitutions (of those reachable by a single-nucleotide change), then by mean score:

ResidueLikely-pathogenic substitutionsMean am_pathogenicityMax am_pathogenicity
M11390.9660.997
F4080.9920.999
F10980.9900.999
N11780.9790.993
F3280.9550.997
F7980.9360.998
D4180.8820.963
W2570.9910.999
F10670.9880.998
F1970.9760.996
H5470.9690.998
W1170.9630.997
E4570.9570.979
D10570.9540.973
C3770.9230.996
R32870.9120.995
E15370.8950.959
E33870.8950.943
E3470.8550.971
M12070.8460.961

HPA cancer prognostics

RNA cancer specificity: Low cancer specificity

Human Protein Atlas survival analysis — favorable = higher expression predicts better survival.

1 prognostic cancer types:

CancerPrognosticp-value
Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma (TCGA)favorable0.000219

Disease associations

OMIM: gene `` | disease phenotypes:

GWAS associations

1 associations:

StudyTraitp-value
GCST010002_46Refractive error3e-34

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (CPIC guideline: no)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

20 total (human), top 20 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
sodium arseniteincreases abundance, increases expression3
Cyclosporineincreases expression3
aristolochic acid Idecreases expression1
dicrotophosdecreases expression1
beta-lapachonedecreases expression1
tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphateincreases expression1
K 7174increases expression1
Sunitinibincreases expression1
Arsenic Trioxideincreases expression1
Air Pollutantsincreases abundance, increases expression1
Arsenicincreases expression, increases abundance1
Benzo(a)pyreneincreases methylation1
Doxorubicinincreases expression1
Ivermectindecreases expression1
Rotenonedecreases expression1
Smokeincreases abundance, increases expression1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutiondecreases expression1
Tretinoindecreases expression1
Valproic Acidincreases expression1
Cadmium Chlorideincreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

Via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.