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ArticleThe EMBO journal2006

Activation of p38 MAP kinase by DNA double-strand breaks in V(D)J recombination induces a G2/M cell cycle checkpoint.

Gustavo Pedraza-Alva, Miroslav Koulnis, Colette Charland, Tina Thornton, James L Clements, Mark S Schlissel, Mercedes Rincón

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gustavo Pedraza-AlvaDepartment of Medicine/Immunobiology Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Miroslav Koulnis
Colette Charland
Tina Thornton
James L Clements
Mark S Schlissel
Mercedes Rincón
University of Vermont · USRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

P53 and cell cycle checkpoint by p38 MAP kinaseR01AI051454 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI RINCON, MERCEDES · 2003 to 2019
$4.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Delay of cell cycle progression in response to double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs) is critical to allow time for DNA repair and prevent cellular transformation. Here, we show that the p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling pathway is activated in immature thymocytes along with TcRbeta gene V(D)J recombination. Active p38 MAP kinase promotes a G2/M cell cycle checkpoint through the phosphorylation and activation of p53 in these cells in vivo. Inactivation of p38 MAP kinase and p53 is required for DN3 thymocytes to exit the G2/M checkpoint, progress through mitosis and further differentiate. We propose that p38 MAP kinase is activated by V(D)J-mediated DSBs and induces a p53-mediated G2/M checkpoint to allow DNA repair and prevent cellular transformation.

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AnimalsCell DivisionDNA DamageDNA RepairG2 PhaseGene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen ReceptorMiceMice, KnockoutMice, SCIDp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesSignal TransductionThymus GlandT-LymphocytesTumor Suppressor Protein p53p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID16456545
PMCPMC1383553
OpenAlexW2070467351

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