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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2018

The Wnt Transcriptional Switch: TLE Removal or Inactivation?

Aravinda-Bharathi Ramakrishnan, Abhishek Sinha, Vinson B Fan, Ken M Cadigan

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aravinda-Bharathi RamakrishnanDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1048.
Abhishek SinhaDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1048.
Vinson B FanDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1048.
Ken M CadiganDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1048.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Transcription Factor Collectives in Vertebrate Wnt SignalingR01GM108468 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CADIGAN, KENNETH M · 2015 to 2018
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM108468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many targets of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway are regulated by TCF transcription factors, which play important roles in animal development, stem cell biology, and oncogenesis. TCFs can regulate Wnt targets through a "transcriptional switch," repressing gene expression in unstimulated cells and promoting transcription upon Wnt signaling. However, it is not clear whether this switch mechanism is a general feature of Wnt gene regulation or limited to a subset of Wnt targets. Co-repressors of the TLE family are known to contribute to the repression of Wnt targets in the absence of signaling, but how they are inactivated or displaced by Wnt signaling is poorly understood. In this mini-review, we discuss several recent reports that address the prevalence and molecular mechanisms of the Wnt transcription switch, including the finding of Wnt-dependent ubiquitination/inactivation of TLEs. Together, these findings highlight the growing complexity of the regulation of gene expression by the Wnt pathway.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsbeta CateninHumansRepressor ProteinsTCF Transcription FactorsTranscriptional ActivationUbiquitinationWnt Signaling Pathwaybeta CateninRepressor ProteinsTCF Transcription Factorsbeta-cateningrouchoLEF1TCFTLEtranscriptional switchWntWnt signaling

Identifiers

PMID29250807
PMCPMC7495026
OpenAlexW2778622766

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