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ReviewCell calcium2019

CRAC channel regulation of innate immune cells in health and disease.

Regina A Clemens, Clifford A Lowell

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Review in Cell calcium, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. CRAC channels as targets for immunotherapy.Current opinion in immunology · 2026
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  8. Neutrophil store-operated CaJournal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2025
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  9. Store-operated calcium entry-based targets for novel cancer therapeutic development.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025
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  15. International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Regina A ClemensDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States. Electronic address: clemensra@wustl.edu.
Clifford A LowellDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
University of California, San Francisco · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Neutrophil ActivationR01AI065495 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOWELL, CLIFFORD A · 2005 to 2017
$3.7M
Signaling by Cytoplasmic Tyrosine Kinases in LeukocytesR01AI068150 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOWELL, CLIFFORD A · 2006 to 2016
$3.4M
Regulation of Innate Immune Signaling by Lyn KinaseR01AI113272 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOWELL, CLIFFORD A · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
THE MOLECULAR REGULATION OF NEUTROPHIL CALCIUM SIGNALING IN ACUTE LUNG INJURYK08AI119134 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CLEMENS, REGINA · 2015 to 2018
$714k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI119134NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI065495NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI068150NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI113272
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcium is a major intracellular signaling messenger in innate immune cells. Similar to other immune cell subsets, the majority of calcium entry into innate immune cells is induced by cell surface receptors that stimulate store-operated calcium entry through calcium-release activated calcium (CRAC) channels. Since the molecular description of the STIM family of calcium sensors and the ORAI family of CRAC channel proteins, the majority of studies support a dominant role for these proteins in calcium signaling in innate cells. In reviewing the literature on CRAC channel function in innate cells, several general themes emerge. All innate cells express multiple members of the STIM and ORAI family members, however the ratio and relative contribution of individual isoforms changes depending on the cell type and activation state of the cell. It is evident that study of functional roles for STIM molecules is clearly ahead of studies of specific ORAI family members in all innate cell types, and that studies of CRAC channels in innate cells are not nearly as advanced as studies in lymphocytes. However, taken together, evidence from both STIM calcium sensors and ORAI channels in innate cells indicates that deficiency of STIM and ORAI proteins tends not to affect the development of any innate cell lineage, but certainly affects their function, in particular activation of the neutrophil oxidase and mast cell activation via IgE receptors. Furthermore, there are clearly hints that therapeutic targeting of CRAC channels in innate cells offers a new approach to various inflammatory and allergic diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsCalciumCalcium Release Activated Calcium ChannelsHumansHypersensitivityImmunity, InnateInflammationCalciumCalcium Release Activated Calcium ChannelsCalciumCRAC channelDendritic cellInflammationMast cellMonocyteNeutrophilORAIOrai1Orai2Orai3STIMStim1Stim2Store-operated calcium entry

Identifiers

PMID30641250
PMCPMC8055042
OpenAlexW2910214243

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