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ReviewJCI insight2019

The BAG3-dependent and -independent roles of cardiac small heat shock proteins.

Xi Fang, Julius Bogomolovas, Christa Trexler, Ju Chen

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Review in JCI insight, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. SPP1Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025
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  6. Potential for targeting small heat shock protein modifications.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2024
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  11. The role of BAG3 in dilated cardiomyopathy and its association with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2.Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology · 2022
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  12. Understanding the molecular basis of cardiomyopathy.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2022
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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.

Xi Fang
Julius Bogomolovas
Christa Trexler
Ju Chen
University of California San Diego · US

Funding

UCSD/SDSU IRACDAK12GM068524 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TREJO, JOANN · 2003 to 2025
$24.4M
The Cardiac Role of Filamin CR01HL144872 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHEN, JU · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
ALPK3 in cardiac function and diseaseR01HL146759 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHEN, JU · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
BAG3 in Cardiac function and diseaseR01HL130295 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHEN, JU · 2016 to 2019
$1.6M
The role of Nexilin in cardiomyocyte and cardiomyopathyR01HL137957 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHEN, JU · 2017 to 2020
$1.6M
Mediator complex in cardiac development and functionK99HL143210 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FANG, XI · 2018 to 2019
$314k
NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL143210NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL130295NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137957NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL144872NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146759NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM068524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) comprise an important protein family that is ubiquitously expressed, is highly conserved among species, and has emerged as a critical regulator of protein folding. While these proteins are functionally important for a variety of tissues, an emerging field of cardiovascular research reveals sHSPs are also extremely important for maintaining normal cardiac function and regulating the cardiac stress response. Notably, numerous mutations in genes encoding sHSPs have been associated with multiple cardiac diseases. sHSPs (HSPB5, HSPB6, and HSPB8) have been described as mediating chaperone functions within the heart by interacting with the cochaperone protein BCL-2-associated anthanogene 3 (BAG3); however, recent reports indicate that sHSPs (HSPB7) can perform other BAG3-independent functions. Here, we summarize the cardiac functions of sHSPs and present the notion that cardiac sHSPs function via BAG3-dependent or -independent pathways.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalHeart DiseasesHeat-Shock Proteins, SmallHumansMutationMyocardiumProtein FoldingProtein StabilityStress, PhysiologicalAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBAG3 protein, humanHeat-Shock Proteins, Small

Identifiers

PMID30830872
PMCPMC6478417
OpenAlexW2916619573

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