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ArticleCell2019

Insulin Receptor Associates with Promoters Genome-wide and Regulates Gene Expression.

Melissa L Hancock, Rebecca C Meyer, Meeta Mistry, Radhika S Khetani, Alexandre Wagschal, Taehwan Shin, Shannan J Ho Sui, Anders M Näär, John G Flanagan

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Article in Cell, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

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87citing papers in PubMed
18.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 149 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa L HancockDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Rebecca C MeyerDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Meeta MistryBioinformatics Core, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Radhika S KhetaniBioinformatics Core, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Alexandre WagschalDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Taehwan ShinDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Shannan J Ho SuiBioinformatics Core, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Anders M NäärDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
John G FlanaganDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: flanagan@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER (UL1)UL1RR025758 · NCRR · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2008 to 2011
$91.4M
Boston Biomedical Innovation CenterU54HL119145 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GOLAN, DAVID E., LOSCALZO, JOSEPH · 2013 to 2021
$18.8M
Tumor Cell Biology Training ProgramT32CA009361 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI GRAY, NATHANAEL SCHIANDER · 1985 to 2015
$8.9M
CELL-CELL SIGNALING IN VISUAL DEVELOPMENTR01EY011559 · NEI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI FLANAGAN, JOHN G · 1996 to 2016
$6.9M
Signal transduction in axon guidanceR01NS069913 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI John G Flanagan · 2011 to 2026
$4.5M
Mechanism and inhibition of SREBP-dependent cholesterol/lipid metabolismR01HL116391 · NHLBI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WAGNER, GERHARD · 2013 to 2016
$2.9M
A Thrifty MicroRNA in Insulin Resistance and Type 2 DiabetesR01DK114277 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NAAR, ANDERS M · 2017 to 2019
$1.1M
Role of MicroRNA mi R-33 in Controlling Cholesterol/Lipid HomeostasisR21DK084459 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI NAAR, ANDERS M · 2009 to 2010
$487k
Role of microRNA in axon developmentF32NS073307 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI HANCOCK, MELISSA L · 2011 to 2012
$109k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009361NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025758NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011559NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116391NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL119145NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK114277NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK084459NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS073307NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS069913
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insulin receptor (IR) signaling is central to normal metabolic control and dysregulated in prevalent chronic diseases. IR binds insulin at the cell surface and transduces rapid signaling via cytoplasmic kinases. However, mechanisms mediating long-term effects of insulin remain unclear. Here, we show that IR associates with RNA polymerase II in the nucleus, with striking enrichment at promoters genome-wide. The target genes were highly enriched for insulin-related functions including lipid metabolism and protein synthesis and diseases including diabetes, neurodegeneration, and cancer. IR chromatin binding was increased by insulin and impaired in an insulin-resistant disease model. Promoter binding by IR was mediated by coregulator host cell factor-1 (HCF-1) and transcription factors, revealing an HCF-1-dependent pathway for gene regulation by insulin. These results show that IR interacts with transcriptional machinery at promoters and identify a pathway regulating genes linked to insulin's effects in physiology and disease.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationGenome-Wide Association StudyAnimalsCell Line, TumorChromatinHost Cell Factor C1HumansInsulinLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingProtein SubunitsReceptor, InsulinChromatinHost Cell Factor C1InsulinProtein SubunitsReceptor, InsulinRNA Polymerase IIRNA, Small Interferingcoregulator host cell factor-1gene promoterHCFC1INSRinsulin receptor signalingnuclear receptor tyrosine kinaseRNA polymerase IItranscription factor

Identifiers

PMID30955890
PMCPMC6478446
OpenAlexW2929623625

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