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ArticleOncology letters2011

Tumor suppressor and T-regulatory functions of Foxp3 are mediated through separate signaling pathways.

Emil Heinze, Grace Chan, Rachel Mory, Raz Khavari, Asif Alavi, Sue Y Chung, Robert N Nishimura, Richard H Weisbart

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Article in Oncology letters, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Genetic and epigenetic studies ofAsthma research and practice · 2015
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  4. Searching for the Achilles Heel of FOXP3.Frontiers in oncology · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emil HeinzeDepartment of Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342.
Grace Chan
Rachel Mory
Raz Khavari
Asif Alavi
Sue Y Chung
Robert N Nishimura
Richard H Weisbart
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center · USVA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foxp3 is a nuclear transcription factor that is both a tumor suppressor factor and regulator of T-regulatory cell (Treg) function, and is a potential therapeutic target in both autoimmunity and cancer. In order to distinguish molecular pathways responsible for these separate Foxp3 functions, deletion mutants of Foxp3 proteins were transduced and analyzed for cytotoxic activity in human cancer cell lines Skov3, MDA-MB-231, MCF-7 and Jurkat. Human Foxp3 cDNA mutants were amplified and ligated to produce plasmids for direct cell transfection. Constructs were produced and confirmed by DNA sequencing. Lipofectamine 2000 was used for plasmid transfection. Foxp3 cells were then examined. The results of our experiments reveal retention of tumor suppressor function in the absence of NFAT binding and transcriptional activation required for Treg function. Our results have significant implications for the design of autoimmune and cancer therapies that target Foxp3 and Treg cells.

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PMID22848246
PMCPMC3406440
OpenAlexW2057635759

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