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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2012

A20: linking a complex regulator of ubiquitylation to immunity and human disease.

Averil Ma, Barbara A Malynn

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 296 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

296 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Autosomal recessive A20 zinc finger 7 mutation is associated with early-onset lupus-like disease.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  8. How I Treat: Haploinsufficiency of A20.Journal of human immunity · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Averil MaDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0451, USA. Averil.Ma@ucsf.edu
Barbara A Malynn

Funding

Ubiquitylation and the Regulation of Immune HomeostasisR01DK071939 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI COHEN, ROBERT, MA, AVERIL I · 2005 to 2014
$5.0M
A20 Mediated Regulation of Colitis and SpondyloarthritisR01DK095693 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MA, AVERIL I · 2012 to 2021
$3.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK071939NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095693
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A20 (also known as TNFAIP3) is a potent anti-inflammatory signalling molecule that restricts multiple intracellular signalling cascades. Recent studies in three general areas have converged to highlight the clinical and biological importance of A20. First, human genetic studies have strongly linked polymorphisms and mutations in the gene encoding A20 to inflammatory, autoimmune and malignant diseases. Second, studies in gene-targeted mice have revealed that A20 regulates multiple immune cell functions and prevents experimental diseases that closely mimic human conditions. Third, biochemical studies have unveiled complex mechanisms by which A20 regulates ubiquitin-dependent nuclear factor-κB and cell-survival signals. Taken together, these studies are revealing the importance of A20-mediated regulation of ubiquitin-dependent signalling in human disease.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceNeoplasmsNF-kappa BNuclear ProteinsTumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3UbiquitinationDNA-Binding ProteinsInflammation MediatorsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNF-kappa BNuclear ProteinsTNFAIP3 protein, humanTumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3

Identifiers

PMID23059429
PMCPMC3582397

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