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ArticleEMBO reports2021

TIFA has dual functions in Helicobacter pylori-induced classical and alternative NF-κB pathways.

Gunter Maubach, Michelle C C Lim, Olga Sokolova, Steffen Backert, Thomas F Meyer, Michael Naumann

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Article in EMBO reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gunter MaubachInstitute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9059-496X
Michelle C C LimInstitute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Olga SokolovaInstitute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Steffen BackertDivision of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Thomas F MeyerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
Michael NaumannInstitute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8060-2313
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg · DEChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori infection constitutes one of the major risk factors for the development of gastric diseases including gastric cancer. The activation of nuclear factor-kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) via classical and alternative pathways is a hallmark of H. pylori infection leading to inflammation in gastric epithelial cells. Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor (TRAF)-interacting protein with forkhead-associated domain (TIFA) was previously suggested to trigger classical NF-κB activation, but its role in alternative NF-κB activation remains unexplored. Here, we identify TRAF6 and TRAF2 as binding partners of TIFA, contributing to the formation of TIFAsomes upon H. pylori infection. Importantly, the TIFA/TRAF6 interaction enables binding of TGFβ-activated kinase 1 (TAK1), leading to the activation of classical NF-κB signaling, while the TIFA/TRAF2 interaction causes the transient displacement of cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 1 (cIAP1) from TRAF2, and proteasomal degradation of cIAP1, to facilitate the activation of the alternative NF-κB pathway. Our findings therefore establish a dual function of TIFA in the activation of classical and alternative NF-κB signaling in H. pylori-infected gastric epithelial cells.

Indexed as

Helicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingHumansNF-kappa BTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingNF-kappa BTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6ALPK1cIAP1NIKTRAF

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PMID34328245
PMCPMC8419686
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