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ReviewResults and problems in cell differentiation2009

Many checkpoints on the road to cell death: regulation of Fas-FasL interactions and Fas signaling in peripheral immune responses.

Madhu Ramaswamy, Sophia Y Cleland, Anthony C Cruz, Richard M Siegel

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Review in Results and problems in cell differentiation, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Madhu RamaswamyImmunoregulation Unit, Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD 20892, USA.
Sophia Y Cleland
Anthony C Cruz
Richard M Siegel
National Institutes of Health · USNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · US

Funding

TNF-receptors and programmed cell death in regulation of autoimmunityZIAAR041133 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI SIEGEL, RICHARD M · 2009 to 2019
$9.3M
TNF-Family receptors in immune homeostasis and diseaseZ01AR041133 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI SIEGEL, RICHARD M · 2002 to 2008
$2.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AR041133Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AR999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interactions between the TNF-family receptor Fas (CD95) and Fas Ligand (FasL, CD178) can efficiently induce apoptosis and are critical for the maintenance of immunological self-tolerance. FasL is kept under strict control by transcriptional and posttranslational regulation. Surface FasL can be cleaved by metalloproteases, resulting in shed extracellular domains, and FasL can also traffic to secretory lysosomes. Each form of FasL has distinct biological functions. Fas is more ubiquitously expressed, but its apoptosis-inducing function is regulated by a number of mechanisms including submembrane localization, efficiency of receptor signaling complex assembly and activation, and bcl-2 family members in some circumstances. When apoptosis is not induced, Fas-FasL interactions can also trigger a number of activating and proinflammatory signals. Harnessing the apoptosis-inducing potential of Fas for therapy of cancer and autoimmune disease has been actively pursued, and despite a number of unexpected side-effects that result from manipulating Fas-FasL interactions, this remains a worthy goal.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisAutoimmune DiseasesFas Ligand Proteinfas ReceptorHumansInflammationNeoplasmsProtein Structure, TertiaryProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Signal TransductionFASLG protein, humanFas Ligand Proteinfas ReceptorProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

Identifiers

PMID19132321
PMCPMC2825281
OpenAlexW1487917122

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