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ReviewClinical and translational medicine2018

Potential important roles and signaling mechanisms of YPEL4 in pulmonary diseases.

Lillian Truong, Yun-Min Zheng, Tengyao Song, Yi Tang, Yong-Xiao Wang

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Review in Clinical and translational medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The YPEL genePlant signaling & behavior · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Lillian TruongDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue (MC8), Albany, NY, 12208, USA.
Yun-Min ZhengDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue (MC8), Albany, NY, 12208, USA.
Tengyao SongDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue (MC8), Albany, NY, 12208, USA.
Yi TangDepartment of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 12208, USA.
Yong-Xiao WangDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue (MC8), Albany, NY, 12208, USA. WangY@mail.amc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2674-7116

Funding

Novel Signaling for Ca2+ and Release in Airway MyocytesR01HL071000 · NHLBI · ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI WANG, YONG-XIAO · 2003 to 2007
$1.8M
Signaling Mechanisms for Hypoxic Pulmonary VasoconstrictionR01HL108232 · NHLBI · ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI WANG, YONG-XIAO · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
NEWFOUNDLAND BREEDING COLONYZ01HL003401 · NHLBI · HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI PIERCE, J E · 1985 to 1986
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American Heart Association Established Investigator Award 0340160NAmerican Heart Association Scientist Development Award 0630236NNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute HL071000National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute HL108232NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL071000NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL108232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHuman Yippee-like-4 (YPEL4) is a member of the YPEL gene family. This family has been characterized as the first highly conserved family of genes coding for proteins that contain putative zinc-finger-like metal-binding domains, known as the Yippee domain. The YPEL family proteins are located at the centrosome adjacent to the nucleolus during interphase and mitotic apparatus during mitosis. Due to its subcellular localization, it is believed that YPEL4 may have an important role in the cell cycle and proliferation. Recent studies have shown the involvement of YPEL4 in biological processes such as the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway and adrenal cell proliferation. Research on YPEL4 up to date also suggests that YPEL4 is a very important player in pulmonary diseases.

conclusionsYPEL4 may regulate the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway to mediate adrenal cell proliferation; this molecule is also likely to be a very important player in pulmonary diseases. Although the function of YPEL4 is largely unknown, further research may substantiate the functional importance and underlying molecular processes in pulmonary and other diseases that would allow YPEL4 to become a therapeutic target.

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Cell cycleCentrosomeProliferationPulmonary diseaseYippee-like-4

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PMID29892964
PMCPMC5995765

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