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independent replication in additional DSD cohorts lacking","Reciprocal Co-IP and endogenous complex stoichiometry not established"]},{"year":2021,"claim":"Single-cell transcriptomics revealed molecularly distinct subtypes among Dmrt3-lineage spinal neurons conserved across zebrafish and mice, providing the molecular basis for functional subfunctionalization within the dI6 domain.","evidence":"scRNA-seq of Dmrt3-lineage neurons from zebrafish and mouse spinal cord with cluster analysis","pmids":["35002627"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Functional validation linking molecular subtypes to distinct locomotor roles not performed","Whether DMRT3 directly regulates the subtype-defining gene programs unknown"]},{"year":2022,"claim":"Mapping monosynaptic inputs to Dmrt3 neurons from proprioceptive afferents, spinal interneurons, and supraspinal motor centers positioned them as sensory-motor integrators bridging peripheral feedback and descending commands.","evidence":"Monosynaptic retrograde rabies tracing in Dmrt3-Cre mice with immunofluorescence subtype identification","pmids":["36214727"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Output connectivity of Dmrt3 neurons to specific motor neuron pools not mapped at single-synapse resolution","Functional significance of individual input sources not tested by selective silencing"]},{"year":2024,"claim":"ChIP and reporter assays showed DMRT3 directly activates the SLC7A11 promoter and the lncRNA OIP5-AS1 promoter, extending its characterized direct transcriptional targets beyond neural development to ferroptosis regulation and pyroptosis pathways.","evidence":"ChIP and dual-luciferase assays in NSCLC and bronchial epithelial cell lines, xenograft models, RNA immunoprecipitation","pmids":["38744789","39287912"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Physiological relevance of DMRT3-driven SLC7A11 and OIP5-AS1 regulation outside cancer/asthma cell lines unclear","Whether DMRT3 activator function in these contexts reflects its in vivo neural role or an ectopic activity not determined","Genome-wide binding profile of DMRT3 in any tissue still lacking"]},{"year":null,"claim":"A genome-wide map of DMRT3 binding sites in spinal and cortical progenitors, and the structural basis for how DMRT3 selectively activates versus represses target genes, remain unresolved.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No ChIP-seq or CUT&RUN in neural tissues","Structural basis for transcriptional activation vs. repression not determined","Whether adult Dmrt3 protein is required for circuit maintenance is untested"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0003677","term_label":"DNA binding","supporting_discovery_ids":[2,4,8,9]},{"term_id":"GO:0140110","term_label":"transcription regulator activity","supporting_discovery_ids":[4,8,9]}],"localization":[{"term_id":"GO:0005634","term_label":"nucleus","supporting_discovery_ids":[2]}],"pathway":[{"term_id":"R-HSA-1266738","term_label":"Developmental Biology","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,4,5]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-74160","term_label":"Gene expression (Transcription)","supporting_discovery_ids":[4,8,9]},{"term_id":"R-HSA-112316","term_label":"Neuronal System","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1,3,7]}],"complexes":[],"partners":["DMRT5","EMX2","OAS3","RNASEL"],"other_free_text":[]},"mechanistic_narrative":"DMRT3 is a DM-domain transcription factor that specifies inhibitory spinal interneuron identity and orchestrates locomotor circuit function, while also patterning the developing telencephalon. In the spinal cord, DMRT3 is expressed in dI6 interneurons that are rhythmically active during locomotion, receive monosynaptic proprioceptive and supraspinal inputs, and regulate central pattern generator (CPG) neuron activity; loss of DMRT3 in mice disrupts locomotor coordination, and a naturally occurring truncating mutation in horses permits alternate gaits [PMID:22932389, PMID:30578339, PMID:36214727]. In the dorsal telencephalon, DMRT3 cooperates with DMRT5 and EMX2 to repress the ventral determinant Gsx2 by binding its enhancer, thereby maintaining cortical dorsoventral identity and regulating hippocampal and neocortical area patterning [PMID:30143575, PMID:28031177]. Outside neural contexts, DMRT3 acts as a direct transcriptional activator of targets such as SLC7A11 and OIP5-AS1, and interacts with the OAS3–RNase L complex to promote ESR1 mRNA degradation, with a K272T missense mutation linked to disorders of sex development [PMID:38744789, PMID:32553473]."},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"Q9NQL9","full_name":"Doublesex- and mab-3-related transcription factor 3","aliases":[],"length_aa":472,"mass_kda":51.2,"function":"Probable transcription factor that plays a role in configuring the spinal circuits controlling stride in vertebrates. Involved in neuronal specification within specific subdivision of spinal cord neurons and in the development of a coordinated locomotor network controlling limb movements. 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mouse analysis (loss-of-function), expression profiling of spinal cord interneuron subdivisions, locomotor behavioral assays\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — clean KO with defined cellular and behavioral phenotype, replicated across species (horse and mouse), highly cited foundational study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"22932389\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"finding\": \"A premature stop codon (Ser301STOP, C>A) in DMRT3 is permissive for the ability to perform alternate gaits (ambling, pacing) in horses, demonstrating that DMRT3 protein truncation alters locomotor pattern generation.\",\n      \"method\": \"Genetic association of DMRT3 nonsense mutation with gait phenotype in horses; functional validation in Dmrt3-null mice\",\n      \"journal\": \"Nature\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — causal mutation confirmed by functional mouse KO and replicated across dozens of horse breeds in multiple independent studies\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"22932389\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2008,\n      \"finding\": \"Zebrafish Dmrt3 contains a functional nuclear localization signal (K41GHKR45) within the DM domain that directs nuclear import, and the DM domain polypeptide binds DNA at sites similar to targets of DSX and MAB-3, identifying DMRT3 as a nuclear DNA-binding transcription factor.\",\n      \"method\": \"NLS functional assay (nuclear localization), EMSA (electrophoretic mobility-shift assay) with DM domain polypeptide\",\n      \"journal\": \"Biology of the cell\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1-2 — direct biochemical assays (EMSA and NLS validation) in a single study; zebrafish ortholog\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"18282142\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2018,\n      \"finding\": \"Inhibitory Dmrt3-Cre spinal interneurons receive extensive synaptic inputs, innervate surrounding CPG neurons, intrinsically regulate CPG neuron electrical activity, and are rhythmically active during fictive locomotion, bursting at frequencies independent of ventral root output, demonstrating direct participation of Dmrt3-derived neurons in locomotor circuit coordination.\",\n      \"method\": \"Transgenic Dmrt3-Cre mice, retrograde tracing, electrophysiology (whole-cell patch-clamp), molecular characterization of interneuron subtypes\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods (retrograde tracing + electrophysiology + molecular) in a single study with defined functional readout\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30578339\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2018,\n      \"finding\": \"DMRT3 and DMRT5 cooperatively repress the ventral telencephalic regulator Gsx2 by binding to a ventral telencephalon-specific enhancer in the Gsx2 locus, thereby maintaining cortical dorsoventral identity in dorsal telencephalic progenitors; this function is shared with the homeobox transcription factor EMX2.\",\n      \"method\": \"Dmrt3;Dmrt5 double knockout mice, Dmrt5 conditional overexpression, ChIP showing DMRT3/DMRT5/EMX2 binding to Gsx2 enhancer, gene expression analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — genetic epistasis (double KO), ChIP, and gain-of-function in a single study with multiple orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30143575\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2018,\n      \"finding\": \"DMRT3, together with DMRT5, directly controls hippocampus development and neocortical area map formation; DMRT5 upregulates Dmrt3 expression and negatively regulates its own expression, suggesting a feedback mechanism that stabilizes DMRT5 levels in cortical patterning.\",\n      \"method\": \"Dmrt3 and Dmrt5 single and conditional knockout mice, gene expression analysis, bidirectional gain/loss-of-function models\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cerebral cortex\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — clean KO with defined cortical patterning phenotype; cross-regulation shown by expression changes, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28031177\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"finding\": \"DMRT3 interacts with OAS3 to promote degradation of ESR1 mRNA via the OAS3-RNase L complex; a missense mutation (K272T) in DMRT3 reduces binding of the DMRT3-OAS3 complex to ESR1 mRNA and RNase L, preventing ESR1 mRNA degradation and leading to increased ESR1 expression and disorders of sex development.\",\n      \"method\": \"Exome sequencing, in vitro protein and RNA analyses, co-immunoprecipitation of DMRT3-OAS3-RNase L complex, mRNA stability assays, patient testis validation\",\n      \"journal\": \"Fertility and sterility\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — Co-IP and functional mRNA assays in a single lab; confirmed in patient tissue; novel mechanism\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32553473\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"finding\": \"Adult spinal Dmrt3 neurons receive monosynaptic inputs from proprioceptive primary sensory neurons (type Ia2, Ia3, Ib), intrasegmental and intersegmental interneurons (including V2a interneurons and Renshaw cells), and brain motor areas (red nucleus, primary sensorimotor cortex, pontine nuclei), positioning them as sensory-motor integrators in spinal reflex and locomotor circuits.\",\n      \"method\": \"Monosynaptic retrograde replication-deficient rabies virus tracing in Dmrt3-Cre mice, immunofluorescence for interneuron subtype markers\",\n      \"journal\": \"The Journal of comparative neurology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — direct monosynaptic tracing with defined input populations; single lab but rigorous anatomical method\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36214727\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"finding\": \"DMRT3 functions as a transcriptional activator of the SLC7A11 promoter in NSCLC cells, with binding to the SLC7A11 promoter region verified by ChIP and dual-luciferase reporter assay; upregulation of DMRT3 increases SLC7A11 transcription and suppresses ferroptosis.\",\n      \"method\": \"ChIP, dual-luciferase reporter assay, western blot, xenograft tumor model, siRNA knockdown in LK-2 and H1650 cells\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular biotechnology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — direct ChIP and luciferase assay for promoter binding with in vivo validation; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38744789\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"finding\": \"DMRT3 transcriptionally upregulates the lncRNA OIP5-AS1 in bronchial epithelial cells, as demonstrated by ChIP and dual-luciferase assay; OIP5-AS1 in turn promotes YAP mRNA stability through binding EIF4A3, linking DMRT3 to the EIF4A3/YAP axis and pyroptosis in asthma.\",\n      \"method\": \"ChIP, dual-luciferase reporter assay, RNA immunoprecipitation, co-immunoprecipitation, RNA pull-down, FISH\",\n      \"journal\": \"Immunologic research\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal binding assays for the DMRT3-OIP5-AS1 regulatory axis; single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"39287912\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"finding\": \"Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of Dmrt3-lineage spinal neurons in zebrafish and mice identified molecularly distinct subtypes within the dI6 domain, characterized by differences in birth order, axon guidance gene expression, neurotransmitter identity, and electrophysiological gene profiles, revealing the molecular basis for subfunctionalization of Dmrt3 interneurons.\",\n      \"method\": \"Single-cell RNA sequencing of Dmrt3-lineage neurons from zebrafish and mouse spinal cord, cluster analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Frontiers in cellular neuroscience\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — scRNA-seq with cross-species comparison; molecular diversity linked to functional subtypes, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"35002627\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"finding\": \"CRISPR/Cas9-mediated double knockout of Dmrt1 and Dmrt3 in mice does not recapitulate the 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis observed in 9p24.3 deletion patients, demonstrating that simultaneous loss of DMRT3 and DMRT1 is insufficient to explain the human gonadal phenotype.\",\n      \"method\": \"CRISPR/Cas9 double knockout of Dmrt1 and Dmrt3 in mice, gonadal histology at embryonic and neonatal stages\",\n      \"journal\": \"Biochemistry and biophysics reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — clean double KO with defined gonadal phenotypic readout; genetic epistasis by negative result\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28956011\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"DMRT3 is a DM-domain nuclear transcription factor expressed in dI6 spinal interneurons and telencephalic progenitors that (1) is essential for specification and function of inhibitory spinal interneurons coordinating locomotor gait through the CPG, receiving proprioceptive and supraspinal inputs and directly regulating motor neuron activity; (2) cooperates with DMRT5 and EMX2 to repress Gsx2 and maintain dorsoventral cortical identity; and (3) in non-neural contexts can act as a transcriptional activator (e.g., SLC7A11, OIP5-AS1) and interact with the OAS3-RNase L complex to regulate ESR1 mRNA stability.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"```json\n{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"DMRT3 is a DM-domain transcription factor that specifies inhibitory spinal interneuron identity and orchestrates locomotor circuit function, while also patterning the developing telencephalon. In the spinal cord, DMRT3 is expressed in dI6 interneurons that are rhythmically active during locomotion, receive monosynaptic proprioceptive and supraspinal inputs, and regulate central pattern generator (CPG) neuron activity; loss of DMRT3 in mice disrupts locomotor coordination, and a naturally occurring truncating mutation in horses permits alternate gaits [PMID:22932389, PMID:30578339, PMID:36214727]. In the dorsal telencephalon, DMRT3 cooperates with DMRT5 and EMX2 to repress the ventral determinant Gsx2 by binding its enhancer, thereby maintaining cortical dorsoventral identity and regulating hippocampal and neocortical area patterning [PMID:30143575, PMID:28031177]. Outside neural contexts, DMRT3 acts as a direct transcriptional activator of targets such as SLC7A11 and OIP5-AS1, and interacts with the OAS3–RNase L complex to promote ESR1 mRNA degradation, with a K272T missense mutation linked to disorders of sex development [PMID:38744789, PMID:32553473].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 2008,\n      \"claim\": \"Establishing that DMRT3 is a nuclear DNA-binding transcription factor resolved its basic molecular identity and placed it in the DM-domain family alongside DSX and MAB-3.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"NLS functional assay and EMSA with zebrafish Dmrt3 DM-domain polypeptide\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"18282142\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Binding specificity tested with zebrafish ortholog only; mammalian DNA-binding targets not identified\",\n        \"No genome-wide target identification or in vivo ChIP at this stage\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2012,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating that DMRT3 specifies dI6 spinal interneurons and that its loss disrupts locomotor coordination — and that a truncating mutation in horses permits alternate gaits — established DMRT3 as a master regulator of spinal locomotor circuit assembly.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Dmrt3-null mice (locomotor and spinal cord analysis) combined with genetic association of DMRT3 Ser301STOP with gait phenotype in horses\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"22932389\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Direct transcriptional targets in dI6 neurons unknown\",\n        \"Electrophysiological properties of Dmrt3-derived neurons not yet characterized\",\n        \"Mechanism by which truncated DMRT3 permits alternate gaits rather than simply abolishing function was unresolved\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"claim\": \"Ruling out that combined loss of DMRT1 and DMRT3 causes 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis narrowed the genetic model for 9p24.3 deletion phenotypes and clarified that DMRT3 is not a major gonadal sex-determination gene in mice.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"CRISPR/Cas9 Dmrt1;Dmrt3 double knockout mice with gonadal histology\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28956011\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Other genes in the 9p24.3 region not tested\",\n        \"Potential species-specific differences between mouse and human gonadal roles of DMRT3 not addressed\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2018,\n      \"claim\": \"Showing that DMRT3 cooperates with DMRT5 and EMX2 to directly repress the Gsx2 enhancer revealed a second major developmental role for DMRT3 in maintaining cortical dorsoventral identity, and that DMRT5 regulates Dmrt3 expression established a cross-regulatory hierarchy.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Dmrt3;Dmrt5 double KO mice, DMRT5 conditional overexpression, ChIP on Gsx2 enhancer, cortical patterning analysis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30143575\", \"28031177\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Full set of cortical enhancers bound by DMRT3 unknown\",\n        \"Relative contributions of DMRT3 vs. DMRT5 at shared targets not quantified\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2018,\n      \"claim\": \"Electrophysiological and circuit-level characterization of Dmrt3-Cre neurons showed they are inhibitory, rhythmically active during fictive locomotion, and directly modulate CPG neuron activity, establishing their functional role within the locomotor circuit.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Transgenic Dmrt3-Cre mice, whole-cell patch-clamp, retrograde tracing, molecular subtype characterization\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"30578339\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Specific synaptic targets of Dmrt3 neurons within the CPG not fully mapped\",\n        \"Whether Dmrt3 protein is required in adult neurons for circuit maintenance or only during development unclear\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"claim\": \"Discovery that DMRT3 interacts with OAS3 to degrade ESR1 mRNA via the OAS3–RNase L pathway, and that a K272T mutation disrupts this interaction, revealed an unexpected non-transcriptional mechanism and linked DMRT3 to disorders of sex development.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Co-immunoprecipitation of DMRT3–OAS3–RNase L complex, mRNA stability assays, patient exome sequencing and testis tissue validation\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32553473\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Mechanism by which a transcription factor participates in cytoplasmic mRNA degradation not structurally explained\",\n        \"Single cohort of patients; independent replication in additional DSD cohorts lacking\",\n        \"Reciprocal Co-IP and endogenous complex stoichiometry not established\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"claim\": \"Single-cell transcriptomics revealed molecularly distinct subtypes among Dmrt3-lineage spinal neurons conserved across zebrafish and mice, providing the molecular basis for functional subfunctionalization within the dI6 domain.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"scRNA-seq of Dmrt3-lineage neurons from zebrafish and mouse spinal cord with cluster analysis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"35002627\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Functional validation linking molecular subtypes to distinct locomotor roles not performed\",\n        \"Whether DMRT3 directly regulates the subtype-defining gene programs unknown\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2022,\n      \"claim\": \"Mapping monosynaptic inputs to Dmrt3 neurons from proprioceptive afferents, spinal interneurons, and supraspinal motor centers positioned them as sensory-motor integrators bridging peripheral feedback and descending commands.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Monosynaptic retrograde rabies tracing in Dmrt3-Cre mice with immunofluorescence subtype identification\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"36214727\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Output connectivity of Dmrt3 neurons to specific motor neuron pools not mapped at single-synapse resolution\",\n        \"Functional significance of individual input sources not tested by selective silencing\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2024,\n      \"claim\": \"ChIP and reporter assays showed DMRT3 directly activates the SLC7A11 promoter and the lncRNA OIP5-AS1 promoter, extending its characterized direct transcriptional targets beyond neural development to ferroptosis regulation and pyroptosis pathways.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"ChIP and dual-luciferase assays in NSCLC and bronchial epithelial cell lines, xenograft models, RNA immunoprecipitation\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"38744789\", \"39287912\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Physiological relevance of DMRT3-driven SLC7A11 and OIP5-AS1 regulation outside cancer/asthma cell lines unclear\",\n        \"Whether DMRT3 activator function in these contexts reflects its in vivo neural role or an ectopic activity not determined\",\n        \"Genome-wide binding profile of DMRT3 in any tissue still lacking\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"A genome-wide map of DMRT3 binding sites in spinal and cortical progenitors, and the structural basis for how DMRT3 selectively activates versus represses target genes, remain unresolved.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"No ChIP-seq or CUT&RUN in neural tissues\",\n        \"Structural basis for transcriptional activation vs. repression not determined\",\n        \"Whether adult Dmrt3 protein is required for circuit maintenance is untested\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0003677\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [2, 4, 8, 9]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0140110\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [4, 8, 9]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005634\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [2]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1266738\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 4, 5]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-74160\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [4, 8, 9]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-112316\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 3, 7]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"DMRT5\",\n      \"EMX2\",\n      \"OAS3\",\n      \"RNASEL\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}\n```"}