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ReviewImmunological reviews2015

Tumor necrosis factor receptor- associated factor 6 (TRAF6) regulation of development, function, and homeostasis of the immune system.

Matthew C Walsh, JangEun Lee, Yongwon Choi

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 250 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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250citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

250 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 435 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.

Matthew C WalshInstitute for Immunology and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
JangEun LeeInstitute for Immunology and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Yongwon ChoiInstitute for Immunology and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

TRAF6 and the fate of T cellsR01AI064909 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHOI, YONGWON · 2006 to 2017
$3.9M
The RANKL Axis in the Osteoimmune SystemR01DE019381 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHOI, YONGWON · 2008 to 2012
$1.9M
Regulatory mechanisms in osteoclastsR01AR055903 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHOI, YONGWON · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
Interaction between microbiota and dendritic cells in mucosal toleranceR21AI108627 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHOI, YONGWON · 2014 to 2015
$440k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) is an adapter protein that mediates a wide array of protein-protein interactions via its TRAF domain and a RING finger domain that possesses non-conventional E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. First identified nearly two decades ago as a mediator of interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R)-mediated activation of NFκB, TRAF6 has since been identified as an actor downstream of multiple receptor families with immunoregulatory functions, including members of the TNFR superfamily, the Toll-like receptor (TLR) family, tumor growth factor-β receptors (TGFβR), and T-cell receptor (TCR). In addition to NFκB, TRAF6 may also direct activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), and interferon regulatory factor pathways. In the context of the immune system, TRAF6-mediated signals have proven critical for the development, homeostasis, and/or activation of B cells, T cells, and myeloid cells, including macrophages, dendritic cells, and osteoclasts, as well as for organogenesis of thymic and secondary lymphoid tissues. In multiple cellular contexts, TRAF6 function is essential not only for proper activation of the immune system but also for maintaining immune tolerance, and more recent work has begun to identify mechanisms of contextual specificity for TRAF6, involving both regulatory protein interactions, and messenger RNA regulation by microRNAs.

Indexed as

AnimalsHomeostasisHumansImmune SystemImmune ToleranceLymphocyte ActivationSignal TransductionTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6Toll-Like ReceptorsTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6Toll-Like ReceptorsK63-linkedmir-146asignal transductionTAK1TRAF-6TRAFs

Identifiers

PMID26085208
PMCPMC4799835
OpenAlexW1766732272

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