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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2021

The role of the integral type II transmembrane protein BRI2 in health and disease.

Filipa Martins, Isabela Santos, Odete A B da Cruz E Silva, Simone Tambaro, Sandra Rebelo

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. ITM2B Truncation Promotes Migrasome Formation to Accelerate Renal Cell Carcinoma Growth.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  9. The Life of a Kidney Podocyte.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2025
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  11. Investigating ITM2B-associated ataxia in a Taiwanese cerebellar ataxia cohort.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2025
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  16. A new kid in the folding funnel: Molecular chaperone activities of the BRICHOS domain.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Filipa MartinsNeuroscience and Signaling Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. samartins@ua.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3277-1809
Isabela SantosNeuroscience and Signaling Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
Odete A B da Cruz E SilvaNeuroscience and Signaling Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
Simone Tambaro *Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83, Huddinge, Sweden. simone.tambaro@ki.se.
Sandra RebeloNeuroscience and Signaling Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. srebelo@ua.pt.

Funding

European Regional Development Fund CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000003Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007628Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/04501/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BRI2 is a type II transmembrane protein ubiquitously expressed whose physiological function remains poorly understood. Although several recent important advances have substantially impacted on our understanding of BRI2 biology and function, providing valuable information for further studies on BRI2. These findings have contributed to a better understanding of BRI2 biology and the underlying signaling pathways involved. In turn, these might provide novel insights with respect to neurodegeneration processes inherent to BRI2-related pathologies, namely Familial British and Danish dementias, Alzheimer's disease, ITM2B-related retinal dystrophy, and multiple sclerosis. In this review, we provided a state-of-the-art outline of BRI2 biology, both in physiological and pathological conditions, and discuss the proposed molecular underlying mechanisms. Overall, the BRI2 knowledge here reviewed is of extreme importance and may contribute to propose BRI2 and/or BRI2 proteolytic fragments as novel therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAlzheimer DiseaseAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsHumansMembrane ProteinsProteolysisSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingMembrane ProteinsBRI2NeurodegenerationNeuronal differentiationProtein phosphorylationRegulated intramembrane proteolysisSynaptic transmission

Identifiers

PMID34480585
PMCPMC11072861

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