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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2018

Role of eIF2α Kinases in Translational Control and Adaptation to Cellular Stress.

Ronald C Wek

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 364 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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364citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

364 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 535 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ronald C WekDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5126.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Metabolic stress responses andeIF2 kinase GCN2R01GM049164 · NIGMS · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI WEK, RONALD C · 1998 to 2019
$6.3M
Homeostatic Responses to Amino Acid InsufficiencyR01DK109714 · NIDDK · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI ANTHONY, TRACY G., WEK, RONALD C · 2016 to 2024
$5.4M
Translational control during stage conversion of Toxoplasma, an opportunistic infection of HIV/AIDSR01AI124723 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI SULLIVAN, WILLIAM J, WEK, RONALD C · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124723NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109714NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM049164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central mechanism regulating translation initiation in response to environmental stress involves phosphorylation of the α subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α). Phosphorylation of eIF2α causes inhibition of global translation, which conserves energy and facilitates reprogramming of gene expression and signaling pathways that help to restore protein homeostasis. Coincident with repression of protein synthesis, many gene transcripts involved in the stress response are not affected or are even preferentially translated in response to increased eIF2α phosphorylation by mechanisms involving upstream open reading frames (uORFs). This review highlights the mechanisms regulating eIF2α kinases, the role that uORFs play in translational control, and the impact that alteration of eIF2α phosphorylation by gene mutations or small molecule inhibitors can have on health and disease.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesStress, PhysiologicalProtein Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID29440070
PMCPMC6028073
OpenAlexW2785892239

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