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Nuclear actions of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3.

Robert C Baxter

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Review in Gene, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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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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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 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.

Robert C BaxterKolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Level 8, Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia. Electronic address: robert.baxter@sydney.edu.au.
The University of Sydney · AU

Funding

BioGPS: Extensible Web 2.0 gene portal for structured and unstructured annotationR01GM083924 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SU, ANDREW I, WU, CHUNLEI · 2008 to 2021
$5.6M
The Gene Wiki: Community intelligence applied to gene annotationR01GM089820 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SU, ANDREW I · 2010 to 2021
$5.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM089820NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083924NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM089820
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In addition to its actions outside the cell, cellular uptake and nuclear import of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) has been recognized for almost two decades, but knowledge of its nuclear actions has been slow to emerge. IGFBP-3 has a functional nuclear localization signal and interacts with the nuclear transport protein importin-β. Within the nucleus IGFBP-3 appears to have a role in transcriptional regulation. It can bind to the nuclear receptor, retinoid X receptor-α and several of its dimerization partners, including retinoic acid receptor, vitamin D receptor (VDR), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ). These interactions modulate the functions of these receptors, for example inhibiting VDR-dependent transcription in osteoblasts and PPARγ-dependent transcription in adipocytes. Nuclear IGFBP-3 can be detected by immunohistochemistry in cancer and other tissues, and its presence in the nucleus has been shown in many cell culture studies to be necessary for its pro-apoptotic effect, which may also involve interaction with the nuclear receptor Nur77, and export from the nucleus. IGFBP-3 is p53-inducible and in response to DNA damage, forms a complex with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), translocating to the nucleus to interact with DNA-dependent protein kinase. Inhibition of EGFR kinase activity or downregulation of IGFBP-3 can inhibit DNA double strand-break repair by nonhomologous end joining. IGFBP-3 thus has the ability to influence many cell functions through its interactions with intranuclear pathways, but the importance of these interactions in vivo, and their potential to be targeted for therapeutic benefit, require further investigation.

Indexed as

Active Transport, Cell NucleusCell DifferentiationCell NucleusDNA DamageHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3Retinoid X Receptor alphaSignal TransductionSomatomedinsInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3Retinoid X Receptor alphaSomatomedinsApoptosisDNA damage repairIGFBP-3Nuclear receptorTranscriptional regulation

Identifiers

PMID26074086
PMCPMC4496269
OpenAlexW641494006

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