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ArticleThe Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology2016

Nuclear receptor 4A (NR4A) family - orphans no more.

Stephen Safe, Un-Ho Jin, Benjamin Morpurgo, Ala Abudayyeh, Mandip Singh, Ronald B Tjalkens

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Article in The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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125citing 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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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 206 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Stephen SafeDepartment of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. Electronic address: ssafe@cvm.tamu.edu.
Un-Ho JinDepartment of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Benjamin MorpurgoTexas A&M Institute for Genomic Medicine, Texas A&M University, 670 Raymond Stotzer Pkwy, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Ala AbudayyehDepartment of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Mandip SinghDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA.
Ronald B TjalkensDepartment of Toxicology and Neuroscience, Colorado State University, 1680Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1680, USA.
Texas A&M University · USColorado State University · USFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical University · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES005022 · NIEHS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI PANOS G. GEORGOPOULOS · 1988 to 2026
$47.4M
Pilot--Health Science ResearchP30ES009106 · NIEHS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · PI SAFE, STEPHEN H. · 1998 to 2006
$9.2M
Neuroinflammation and developmental vulnerability to manganese toxicityR01ES021656 · NIEHS · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI TJALKENS, RONALD · 2013 to 2022
$4.2M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005022NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES009106NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES021656
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The orphan nuclear receptors NR4A1, NR4A2 and NR4A3 are immediate early genes induced by multiple stressors, and the NR4A receptors play an important role in maintaining cellular homeostasis and disease. There is increasing evidence for the role of these receptors in metabolic, cardiovascular and neurological functions and also in inflammation and inflammatory diseases and in immune functions and cancer. Despite the similarities of NR4A1, NR4A2 and NR4A3 and their interactions with common cis-genomic elements, they exhibit unique activities and cell-/tissue-specific functions. Although endogenous ligands for NR4A receptors have not been identified, there is increasing evidence that structurally-diverse synthetic molecules can directly interact with the ligand binding domain of NR4A1 and act as agonists or antagonists, and ligands for NR4A2 and NR4A3 have also been identified. Since NR4A receptors are key factors in multiple diseases, there are opportunities for the future development of NR4A ligands for clinical applications in treating multiple health problems including metabolic, neurologic and cardiovascular diseases, other inflammatory conditions, and cancer.

Indexed as

ArthritisCardiovascular DiseasesDNA-Binding ProteinsHomeostasisHumansImmunity, CellularInflammationLigandsMetabolic DiseasesNeoplasmsNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2Receptors, SteroidReceptors, Thyroid HormoneDNA-Binding ProteinsLigandsNR4A2 protein, humanNR4A3 protein, humanNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 1Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2Receptors, SteroidReceptors, Thyroid HormoneMultiple functionsNovel ligandsNR4ANuclear receptors

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PMID25917081
PMCPMC4618773
OpenAlexW1984301503

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