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ReviewFrontiers in molecular biosciences2021

Insights Into the Pathologic Roles and Regulation of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor-2 Kinase.

Darby J Ballard, Hao-Yun Peng, Jugal Kishore Das, Anil Kumar, Liqing Wang, Yijie Ren, Xiaofang Xiong, Xingcong Ren, Jin-Ming Yang, Jianxun Song

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Enhancement of Therapeutic mRNA Translation in Cellular Stress Conditions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  3. Overcoming the eIF2α Brake in Human Cell-Derived Translation Systems.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  6. Characterization of transcriptome changes in saline stress adaptation on Leuciscus merzbacheri using PacBio Iso-Seq and RNA-Seq.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2024
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  9. Control of CD4Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023
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  15. eLife · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Darby J BallardDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States.
Hao-Yun PengDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States.
Jugal Kishore DasDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States.
Anil KumarDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States.
Liqing WangDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States.
Yijie RenDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States.
Xiaofang XiongDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States.
Xingcong RenDepartment of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, United States.
Jin-Ming YangDepartment of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, United States.
Jianxun SongDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, United States.
Texas A&M University · USTexas A&M Health Science Center · USUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

Nucleus Accumbens-Associated Protein-1 in Melanoma ImmunotherapyR01CA221867 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI SONG, JIANXUN JIM, YANG, JIN-MING · 2018 to 2023
$2.8M
Stem cell-derived regulatory T cells for therapeutic use in arthritisR01AI121180 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI SONG, JIANXUN JIM · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA221867NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI121180
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic Elongation Factor-2 Kinase (eEF2K) acts as a negative regulator of protein synthesis, translation, and cell growth. As a structurally unique member of the alpha-kinase family, eEF2K is essential to cell survival under stressful conditions, as it contributes to both cell viability and proliferation. Known as the modulator of the global rate of protein translation, eEF2K inhibits eEF2 (eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2) and decreases translation elongation when active. eEF2K is regulated by various mechanisms, including phosphorylation through residues and autophosphorylation. Specifically, this protein kinase is downregulated through the phosphorylation of multiple sites

Indexed as

AMPKcancerdrug developmenteEF2KimmunometabolismmTORC1protein kinasesignaling pathways

Identifiers

PMID34532346
PMCPMC8438118
OpenAlexW3196578834

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