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ReviewPharmacological research2017

ATF2, a paradigm of the multifaceted regulation of transcription factors in biology and disease.

Gregory Watson, Ze'ev A Ronai, Eric Lau

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Review in Pharmacological research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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82citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 162 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gregory WatsonDepartment of Tumor Biology and Program in Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
Ze'ev A RonaiTumor Initiation and Maintenance Program, Cancer Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, 3109601, Israel.
Eric LauDepartment of Tumor Biology and Program in Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA. Electronic address: Eric.Lau@Moffitt.org.
Moffitt Cancer Center · USDiscovery Institute · US

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer ImmunologyP30CA030199 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI Michael Jackson · 1985 to 2026
$107.2M
Tissue, Pathology and BioinformaticsP50CA168536 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI MULE, JAMES J. · 2013 to 2017
$8.5M
Rewired Signaling at the Nexus of Melanoma Metastasis and ResistanceR35CA197465 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI RONAI, ZEEV A. · 2016 to 2022
$7.9M
The PKCepsilon-regulated oncogenic and tumor suppressor roles of ATF2 in melanomaR00CA172705 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI LAU, ERIC KIRK · 2015 to 2017
$735k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA030199NCI NIH HHS P50 CA168536NCI NIH HHS R00 CA172705NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stringent transcriptional regulation is crucial for normal cellular biology and organismal development. Perturbations in the proper regulation of transcription factors can result in numerous pathologies, including cancer. Thus, understanding how transcription factors are regulated and how they are dysregulated in disease states is key to the therapeutic targeting of these factors and/or the pathways that they regulate. Activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2) has been studied in a number of developmental and pathological conditions. Recent findings have shed light on the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and post-translational regulatory mechanisms that influence ATF2 function, and thus, the transcriptional programs coordinated by ATF2. Given our current knowledge of its multiple levels of regulation and function, ATF2 represents a paradigm for the mechanistic complexity that can regulate transcription factor function. Thus, increasing our understanding of the regulation and function of ATF2 will provide insights into fundamental regulatory mechanisms that influence how cells integrate extracellular and intracellular signals into a genomic response through transcription factors. Characterization of ATF2 dysfunction in the context of pathological conditions, particularly in cancer biology and response to therapy, will be important in understanding how pathways controlled by ATF2 or other transcription factors might be therapeutically exploited. In this review, we provide an overview of the currently known upstream regulators and downstream targets of ATF2.

Indexed as

Activating Transcription Factor 2AnimalsDrug DiscoveryHumansNeoplasmsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalTranscriptional ActivationActivating Transcription Factor 2ATF2 protein, humanActivating Transcription Factor 2 (ATF2)Activator Protein 1 (AP1)CancerSignal transductionTranscription factor

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PMID28212892
PMCPMC5457671
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