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ReviewImmunological reviews2012

The noncanonical NF-κB pathway.

Shao-Cong Sun

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 446 papers.

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446citing papers in PubMed
17.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

446 citing papers in PubMed, 696 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shao-Cong SunDepartment of Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. ssun@mdanderson.org
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

TpI2 Kinase in Macrophage Activation by MicrobesR01AI057555 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI SUN, SHAO-CONG · 2004 to 2021
$6.7M
Molecular Studies of Noncanonical NF-kb SignalingR01GM084459 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI SUN, SHAO-CONG · 2008 to 2021
$4.4M
Signaling Functions of the Tumor Suppressor CYLDR01AI064639 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI SUN, SHAO-CONG · 2006 to 2014
$3.6M
Regulation of T-cell function and autoimmune inflammation by deubiquitinases.R37AI064639 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI SUN, SHAO-CONG · 2015 to 2021
$2.8M
NIAID NIH HHS AI057555NIAID NIH HHS AI064639NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI057555NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI064639NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI064639NIGMS NIH HHS GM84459NIGMS NIH HHS GM84459-S1NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The noncanonical nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway mediates activation of the p52/RelB NF-κB complex and, thereby, regulates specific immunological processes. This NF-κB pathway relies on the inducible processing of NF-κB2 precursor protein, p100, as opposed to the degradation of IκBα in the canonical NF-κB pathway. A central signaling component of the noncanonical NF-κB pathway is NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK), which functions together with a downstream kinase, IKKα (inhibitor of NF-κB kinase α), to induce phosphorylation-dependent ubiquitination and processing of p100. Under normal conditions, NIK is targeted for continuous degradation by a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated factor-3 (TRAF3)-dependent E3 ubiquitin ligase. In response to signals mediated by a subset of TNF receptor superfamily members, NIK becomes stabilized as a result of TRAF3 degradation, leading to the activation of noncanonical NF-κB. This review discusses both the historical perspectives and the recent progress in the regulation and biological function of the noncanonical NF-κB pathway.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsHumansNF-kappa BNF-kappaB-Inducing KinaseNF-kappa B p52 SubunitProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesNF-kappa BNF-kappaB-Inducing KinaseNF-kappa B p52 SubunitProtein Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID22435551
PMCPMC3313452
OpenAlexW2098912300

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