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ReviewAnnual review of immunology2009

Structural biology of shared cytokine receptors.

Xinquan Wang, Patrick Lupardus, Sherry L Laporte, K Christopher Garcia

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Review in Annual review of immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 207 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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207citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

207 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 392 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xinquan WangHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Departments of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Structural Biology, Stanford, California 94305, USA. wxq@stanford.edu
Patrick Lupardus
Sherry L Laporte
K Christopher Garcia
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USStanford University · US

Funding

Structure-based engineering of immune cytokine signalingR01AI051321 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Kenan Christopher GARCIA · 2002 to 2026
$5.6M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051321NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI51321
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent structural information for complexes of cytokine receptor ectodomains bound to their ligands has significantly expanded our understanding of the macromolecular topology and ligand recognition mechanisms used by our three principal shared cytokine signaling receptors-gp130, gamma(c), and beta(c). The gp130 family receptors intricately coordinate three structurally unique cytokine-binding sites on their four-helix bundle cytokine ligands to assemble multimeric signaling complexes. These organizing principles serve as topological blueprints for the entire gp130 family of cytokines. Novel structures of gamma(c) and beta(c) complexes show us new twists, such as the use of a nonstandard sushi-type alpha receptors for IL-2 and IL-15 in assembling quaternary gamma(c) signaling complexes and an antiparallel interlocked dimer in the GM-CSF signaling complex with beta(c). Unlike gp130, which appears to recognize vastly different cytokine surfaces in chemically unique fashions for each ligand, the gamma(c)-dependent cytokines appear to seek out some semblance of a knobs-in-holes shape recognition code in order to engage gamma(c) in related fashions. We discuss the structural similarities and differences between these three shared cytokine receptors, as well as the implications for transmembrane signaling.

Indexed as

AnimalsBinding SitesCytokine Receptor Common beta SubunitCytokine Receptor gp130CytokinesHumansInterleukin Receptor Common gamma SubunitLigandsProtein BindingProtein ConformationSignal TransductionCytokine Receptor Common beta SubunitCytokine Receptor gp130CytokinesInterleukin Receptor Common gamma SubunitLigands

Identifiers

PMID18817510
PMCPMC3981547
OpenAlexW2097814320

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