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ArticleCurrent pharmacology reports2018

TRAF molecules in inflammation and inflammatory diseases.

Almin I Lalani, Sining Zhu, Samantha Gokhale, Juan Jin, Ping Xie

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Article in Current pharmacology reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Almin I LalaniDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
Sining ZhuDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
Samantha GokhaleDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
Juan JinDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
Ping XieDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILINGP30CA072720 · NCI · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI Tracie Saunders · 1997 to 2026
$94.5M
Molecular mechanisms of B cell malignant transformationR01CA158402 · NCI · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI XIE, PING · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
Roles of TRAF3 in myeloid derived suppressor cells in chronic inflammationR21AI128264 · NIAID · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI XIE, PING · 2017 to 2018
$388k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA072720NCI NIH HHS R01 CA158402NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review presents an overview of the current knowledge of TRAF molecules in inflammation with an emphasis on available human evidence and direct RECENT

findingsThe tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNF-R)-associated factor (TRAF) family of cytoplasmic proteins was initially identified as signaling adaptors that bind directly to the intracellular domains of receptors of the TNF-R superfamily. It is now appreciated that TRAF molecules are widely employed in signaling by a variety of adaptive and innate immune receptors as well as cytokine receptors. TRAF-dependent signaling pathways typically lead to the activation of nuclear factor-κBs (NF-κBs), mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), or interferon-regulatory factors (IRFs). Most of these signaling pathways have been linked to inflammation, and therefore TRAF molecules were expected to regulate inflammation and inflammatory responses since their discovery in 1990s. However, direct SUMMARY: Increasing evidence indicates that TRAF molecules are versatile and indispensable regulators of inflammation and inflammatory responses and that aberrant expression or function of TRAFs contributes to the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases.

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cytokinesinflammationinflammatory diseasesIRFsNF-κBNLRsTLRsTRAFs

Identifiers

PMID29527458
PMCPMC5839642
OpenAlexW2777908013

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