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ReviewJournal of biomedical science2016

WSB1: from homeostasis to hypoxia.

Moinul Haque, Joseph Keith Kendal, Ryan Matthew MacIsaac, Douglas James Demetrick

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Review in Journal of biomedical science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. WSB1 is dispensable for mouse spermatogenesis and male fertility.American journal of translational research · 2026
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  3. Okanin Suppresses the Growth of Colorectal Cancer Cells by Targeting at Peroxiredoxin 5.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  14. Transcriptome Analysis of Marbled RockfishAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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  17. WSB1 regulates c-Myc expression throughActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2022
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  18. Identification and Validation of Hub Genes in Acute Pancreatitis and Hypertriglyceridemia.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2022
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  20. The Role of Immunogenetics in COVID-19.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Moinul HaqueDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
Joseph Keith KendalDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
Ryan Matthew MacIsaacDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
Douglas James DemetrickDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada. demetric@ucalgary.ca.
University of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The wsb1 gene has been identified to be important in developmental biology and cancer. A complex transcriptional regulation of wsb1 yields at least three functional transcripts. The major expressed isoform, WSB1 protein, is a substrate recognition protein within an E3 ubiquitin ligase, with the capability to bind diverse targets and mediate ubiquitinylation and proteolytic degradation. Recent data suggests a new role for WSB1 as a component of a neuroprotective pathway which results in modification and aggregation of neurotoxic proteins such as LRRK2 in Parkinson's Disease, via an unusual mode of protein ubiquitinylation.WSB1 is also involved in thyroid hormone homeostasis, immune regulation and cellular metabolism, particularly glucose metabolism and hypoxia. In hypoxia, wsb1 is a HIF-1 target, and is a regulator of the degradation of diverse proteins associated with the cellular response to hypoxia, including HIPK2, RhoGDI2 and VHL. Major roles are to both protect HIF-1 function through degradation of VHL, and decrease apoptosis through degradation of HIPK2. These activities suggest a role for wsb1 in cancer cell proliferation and metastasis. As well, recent work has identified a role for WSB1 in glucose metabolism, and perhaps in mediating the Warburg effect in cancer cells by maintaining the function of HIF1. Furthermore, studies of cancer specimens have identified dysregulation of wsb1 associated with several types of cancer, suggesting a biologically relevant role in cancer development and/or progression.Recent development of an inducible expression system for wsb1 could aid in the further understanding of the varied functions of this protein in the cell, and roles as a potential oncogene and neuroprotective protein.

Indexed as

HomeostasisAnimalsHumansHypoxiaIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLeucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2Neoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsParkinson DiseaseProteinsUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Protein LigasesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLeucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2LRRK2 protein, humanNeoplasm ProteinsProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesWSB1 protein, humanCancerE3 ubiquitin ligaseHIPK2HypoxiaVHLWSB1

Identifiers

PMID27542736
PMCPMC4992216
OpenAlexW2518472466

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