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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2020

Mechanisms, regulation and functions of the unfolded protein response.

Claudio Hetz, Kezhong Zhang, Randal J Kaufman

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,548 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1,548citing papers in PubMed
122.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1,548 citing papers in PubMed, 2,455 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Claudio HetzBiomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. chetz@med.uchile.cl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7724-1767
Kezhong ZhangCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA. kzhang@med.wayne.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6062-235X
Randal J KaufmanDegenerative Diseases Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. rkaufman@sbpdiscovery.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-316X
Buck Institute for Research on Aging · USSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · USWayne State University · US

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer ImmunologyP30CA030199 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI ELENA B PASQUALE · 1985 to 2026
$107.2M
Transgenic & Knock-out MouseP30DK063491 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Andrea L Hevener · 2003 to 2026
$40.4M
Regulation of Hepatic Steatosis by an ER Stress-Inducible Transcription Factor CRR01DK090313 · NIDDK · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Kezhong Zhang · 2011 to 2026
$5.0M
Modifiers of Proinsulin Influence T2D SusceptibilityR24DK110973 · NIDDK · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI ARVAN, PETER, ITKIN-ANSARI, PAMELA ROSE · 2016 to 2019
$4.1M
ER stress and UPR in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocellular carcinomaR01CA198103 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI KAUFMAN, RANDAL J. · 2016 to 2020
$3.4M
Homeostatic Role of IRE1a-XBP1-PDI1 in Hepatic Lipid MetabolismR01DK103185 · NIDDK · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI KAUFMAN, RANDAL J. · 2015 to 2019
$2.9M
Mechanism of ER Protein Misfolding-Induced Mitochondrial DysfunctionR01DK113171 · NIDDK · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI KAUFMAN, RANDAL J. · 2017 to 2020
$2.5M
Simultaneous Targeting of IRE1a in B Cells and Macrophages for Lupus TherapyR01AR066634 · NIAMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI FANG, DEYU, ZHANG, KEZHONG · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA030199NCI NIH HHS R01 CA198103NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR066634NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063491NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK090313NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103185NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK113171NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK110973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular stress induced by the abnormal accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is emerging as a possible driver of human diseases, including cancer, diabetes, obesity and neurodegeneration. ER proteostasis surveillance is mediated by the unfolded protein response (UPR), a signal transduction pathway that senses the fidelity of protein folding in the ER lumen. The UPR transmits information about protein folding status to the nucleus and cytosol to adjust the protein folding capacity of the cell or, in the event of chronic damage, induce apoptotic cell death. Recent advances in the understanding of the regulation of UPR signalling and its implications in the pathophysiology of disease might open new therapeutic avenues.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisEndoplasmic ReticulumEndoplasmic Reticulum StressHumansNeoplasmsProtein FoldingProteinsSignal TransductionUnfolded Protein ResponseProteins

Identifiers

PMID32457508
PMCPMC8867924
OpenAlexW3030834164

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