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ReviewProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2018

The molecular details of cytokine signaling via the JAK/STAT pathway.

Rhiannon Morris, Nadia J Kershaw, Jeffrey J Babon

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Review in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 524 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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524citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
19.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

524 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 871 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rhiannon MorrisWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052, Victoria, Australia.
Nadia J KershawWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052, Victoria, Australia.
Jeffrey J BabonWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5408-6239
The Royal Melbourne Hospital · AU

Funding

Cancer Council Victoria 1065180Department of Health, State Government of Victoria Operational Infrastructure GrantNational Health and Medical Research Council 1113577National Health and Medical Research Council 1121755National Health and Medical Research Council 1122999National Health and Medical Research Council 9000220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More than 50 cytokines signal via the JAK/STAT pathway to orchestrate hematopoiesis, induce inflammation and control the immune response. Cytokines are secreted glycoproteins that act as intercellular messengers, inducing proliferation, differentiation, growth, or apoptosis of their target cells. They act by binding to specific receptors on the surface of target cells and switching on a phosphotyrosine-based intracellular signaling cascade initiated by kinases then propagated and effected by SH2 domain-containing transcription factors. As cytokine signaling is proliferative and often inflammatory, it is tightly regulated in terms of both amplitude and duration. Here we review molecular details of the cytokine-induced signaling cascade and describe the architectures of the proteins involved, including the receptors, kinases, and transcription factors that initiate and propagate signaling and the regulatory proteins that control it.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCytokinesHumansJanus KinasesModels, MolecularSTAT Transcription FactorsCytokinesJanus KinasesSTAT Transcription Factorscytokinecytokine receptorCytokine SignalinghematopoiesisJAK/STATSOCS

Identifiers

PMID30267440
PMCPMC6237706
OpenAlexW2892635078

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