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ReviewInnate immunity2014

β-Arrestins 1 and 2 are critical regulators of inflammation.

Hongkuan Fan

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Review in Innate immunity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hongkuan FanDepartment of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA fanhong@musc.edu.
Medical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

The Role of Eicosanoids in ShockR01GM027673 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI COOK, JAMES A. · 1985 to 2015
$5.7M
The Role of Beta-Arrestins 1 and 2 in Rheumatoid ArthritisR03AI079248 · NIAID · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI FAN, HONGKUAN · 2009 to 2010
$200k
NIAID NIH HHS AI079248NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI079248NIGMS NIH HHS GM27673NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM027673
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-Arrestins 1 and 2 couple to seven trans-membrane receptors and regulate G protein-dependent signaling, receptor endocytosis and ubiquitylation. Recent studies have uncovered several unanticipated functions of β-arrestins, suggesting that the role of β-arrestins in cell signaling is much broader than originally thought. It is now recognized that β-arrestins can transduce receptor signaling independent of G proteins. The expression of β-arrestins is differentially regulated in immune cells and tissues in response to specific inflammatory stimuli, and β-arrestins are critical regulators of the inflammatory response. This review will focus on β-arrestins in immune cells and the impact of altered expression on the pathogenesis of specific inflammatory diseases. Understanding the role of β-arrestins in inflammation may lead to new strategies to treat inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease and atherosclerosis.

Indexed as

AnimalsArrestinsbeta-ArrestinsHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsArrestinsbeta-ArrestinsInflammation MediatorsG protein-coupled receptorsimmune cellsinflammationinflammatory diseasesβ-Arrestins

Identifiers

PMID24029143
PMCPMC6309563
OpenAlexW2108602359

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