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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2013

Modulation of T Cell Metabolism and Function through Calcium Signaling.

Kelley M Fracchia, Christine Y Pai, Craig M Walsh

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 110 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelley M FracchiaDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, The Institute for Immunology, University of California Irvine , Irvine, CA , USA.
Christine Y Pai
Craig M Walsh
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

Univ.of Calif., Irvine Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA062203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Christine Hui · 1994 to 2026
$57.9M
Training Program in Stem Cell Translational Medicine for Neurological DisordersT32NS082174 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PETER John DONOVAN, Leslie Michels Thompson · 2013 to 2026
$3.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA062203NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS082174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a vital second messenger in the activation of lymphocytes, the divalent cation Ca(2+) plays numerous roles in adaptive immune responses. Importantly, Ca(2+) signaling is essential for T cell activation, tolerance of self-antigens, and homeostasis. Supporting the essential role of Ca(2+) signaling in T cell biology, the Ca(2+) regulated protein phosphatase calcineurin is a key target of pharmacologic inhibition for preventing allograft rejection and for autoimmune therapy. Recent studies have highlighted the unique role of Stim1 and Orai1/2 proteins in the regulation of store-operated/calcium release activated calcium (CRAC) channels in the context of T cells. While Ca(2+) is known to modulate T cell activation via effects on calcineurin and its target, nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), this second messenger also regulates other pathways, including protein kinase C, calmodulin kinases, and cytoskeletal proteins. Ca(2+) also modulates the unique metabolic changes that occur during in distinct T cell stages and subsets. Herein, we discuss the means by which Ca(2+) mobilization modulates cellular metabolism following T cell receptor ligation. Further, we highlight the crosstalk between mitochondrial metabolism, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and CRAC channel activity. As a target of mitochondrial ROS and Ca(2+) regulation, we describe the involvement of the serine/threonine kinase DRAK2 in the context of these processes. Given the important roles for Ca(2+) dependent signaling and cellular metabolism in adaptive immune responses, the crosstalk between these pathways is likely to be important for the regulation of T cell activation, tolerance, and homeostasis.

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calciumCRACDRAK2immune systemmetabolismreactive oxygenT cells

Identifiers

PMID24133495
PMCPMC3795426
OpenAlexW2054772081

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