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ArticleScientific reports2020

Ancestral function of Inhibitors-of-kappaB regulates Caenorhabditis elegans development.

David Brena, Joan Bertran, Montserrat Porta-de-la-Riva, Yolanda Guillén, Eric Cornes, Dmytro Kukhtar, Lluís Campos-Vicens, Lierni Fernández, Irene Pecharroman, Albert García-López and 5 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. 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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9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

David Brena *Genes, Disease and Therapy Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Joan Bertran *Faculty of Science and Technology, Bioinformatics and Medical Statistics Group, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, 08500, Vic, Spain.
Montserrat Porta-de-la-RivaGenes, Disease and Therapy Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Yolanda GuillénCancer Research Program, Institut Mar D'Investigacions Mèdiques, CIBERONC, Hospital del Mar, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Eric CornesGenes, Disease and Therapy Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Dmytro KukhtarGenes, Disease and Therapy Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Lluís Campos-VicensGenes, Disease and Therapy Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Lierni FernándezCancer Research Program, Institut Mar D'Investigacions Mèdiques, CIBERONC, Hospital del Mar, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Irene PecharromanCancer Research Program, Institut Mar D'Investigacions Mèdiques, CIBERONC, Hospital del Mar, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Albert García-LópezGenes, Disease and Therapy Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Abul B M M K IslamDepartment of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Laura MarruecosCancer Research Program, Institut Mar D'Investigacions Mèdiques, CIBERONC, Hospital del Mar, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Anna BigasCancer Research Program, Institut Mar D'Investigacions Mèdiques, CIBERONC, Hospital del Mar, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain. abigas@imim.es.
Julián CerónGenes, Disease and Therapy Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), 08908, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. jceron@idibell.cat.
Lluís EspinosaCancer Research Program, Institut Mar D'Investigacions Mèdiques, CIBERONC, Hospital del Mar, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain. lespinosa@imim.es.
Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge · ESHospital del Mar Research Institute · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer · ESUniversitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya · ESUniversity of Dhaka · BD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian IκB proteins (IκBs) exert their main function as negative regulators of NF-κB, a central signaling pathway controlling immunity and inflammation. An alternative chromatin role for IκBs has been shown to affect stemness and cell differentiation. However, the involvement of NF-κB in this function has not been excluded. NFKI-1 and IKB-1 are IκB homologs in Caenorhabditis elegans, which lacks NF-κB nuclear effectors. We found that nfki-1 and ikb-1 mutants display developmental defects that phenocopy mutations in Polycomb and UTX-1 histone demethylase, suggesting a role for C. elegans IκBs in chromatin regulation. Further supporting this possibility (1) we detected NFKI-1 in the nucleus of cells; (2) NFKI-1 and IKB-1 bind to histones and Polycomb proteins, (3) and associate with chromatin in vivo, and (4) mutations in nfki-1 and ikb-1 alter chromatin marks. Based on these results, we propose that ancestral IκB inhibitors modulate Polycomb activity at specific gene subsets with an impact on development.

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AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell DifferentiationChromatinI-kappa B ProteinsPolycomb-Group ProteinsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsChromatinI-kappa B ProteinsPolycomb-Group Proteins

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PMID32999373
PMCPMC7527347
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