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ReviewCytokine & growth factor reviews2014

InTRIMsic immunity: Positive and negative regulation of immune signaling by tripartite motif proteins.

Gijs A Versteeg, Stefan Benke, Adolfo García-Sastre, Ricardo Rajsbaum

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Review in Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 157 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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gijs A VersteegMax F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: Gijs.Versteeg@univie.ac.at.
Stefan BenkeMax F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Adolfo García-SastreDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Ricardo RajsbaumDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 301 University Avenue, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USMax Perutz Labs · ATThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USUniversity of Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the immune response, striking the right balance between positive and negative regulation is critical to effectively mount an anti-microbial defense while preventing detrimental effects from exacerbated immune activation. Intra-cellular immune signaling is tightly regulated by various post-translational modifications, which allow for this dynamic response. One of the post-translational modifiers critical for immune control is ubiquitin, which can be covalently conjugated to lysines in target molecules, thereby altering their functional properties. This is achieved in a process involving E3 ligases which determine ubiquitination target specificity. One of the most prominent E3 ligase families is that of the tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins, which counts over 70 members in humans. Over the last years, various studies have contributed to the notion that many members of this protein family are important immune regulators. Recent studies into the mechanisms by which some of the TRIMs regulate the innate immune system have uncovered important immune regulatory roles of both covalently attached, as well as unanchored poly-ubiquitin chains. This review highlights TRIM evolution, recent findings in TRIM-mediated immune regulation, and provides an outlook to current research hurdles and future directions.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsCytokinesEvolution, MolecularHumansInvertebratesMembrane ProteinsUbiquitinAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCytokinesMembrane ProteinsTRAT1 protein, humanUbiquitinE3 ligaseInterferonTRIMmunityTRIM proteinUbiquitin

Identifiers

PMID25172371
PMCPMC7173094
OpenAlexW2082643302

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