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ReviewBiomolecules2021

Stress Relief Techniques: p38 MAPK Determines the Balance of Cell Cycle and Apoptosis Pathways.

Robert H Whitaker, Jeanette Gowen Cook

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Review in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers.

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89citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

89 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert H WhitakerDepartment of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9751-0423
Jeanette Gowen CookDepartment of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0849-7405
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Integrated Training in Cancer Model SystemsT32CA009156 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DER, CHANNING J. · 1985 to 2020
$19.7M
Replication Licensing and the Cell CycleR01GM083024 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COOK, JEANETTE GOWEN · 2009 to 2020
$2.9M
Cell Cycle Dynamics that Ensure Genome MaintenanceR35GM141833 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COOK, JEANETTE GOWEN · 2021 to 2025
$2.8M
Post-Translational Regulation of DNA Replication Origin Licensing in Human CellsR01GM102413 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COOK, JEANETTE GOWEN · 2013 to 2021
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009156NCI NIH HHS T32CA009156NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083024NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM083024NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM102413NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM102413NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141833NIGMS NIH HHS R35GM141833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein signaling networks are formed from diverse and inter-connected cell signaling pathways converging into webs of function and regulation. These signaling pathways both receive and conduct molecular messages, often by a series of post-translation modifications such as phosphorylation or through protein-protein interactions via intrinsic motifs. The mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are components of kinase cascades that transmit signals through phosphorylation. There are several MAPK subfamilies, and one subfamily is the stress-activated protein kinases, which in mammals is the p38 family. The p38 enzymes mediate a variety of cellular outcomes including DNA repair, cell survival/cell fate decisions, and cell cycle arrest. The cell cycle is itself a signaling system that precisely controls DNA replication, chromosome segregation, and cellular division. Another indispensable cell function influenced by the p38 stress response is programmed cell death (apoptosis). As the regulators of cell survival, the BCL2 family of proteins and their dynamics are exquisitely sensitive to cell stress. The BCL2 family forms a protein-protein interaction network divided into anti-apoptotic and pro-apoptotic members, and the balance of binding between these two sides determines cell survival. Here, we discuss the intersections among the p38 MAPK, cell cycle, and apoptosis signaling pathways.

Indexed as

ApoptosisCell CycleCell Cycle CheckpointsDNA RepairHumansp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphorylationProtein Interaction MapsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Signal TransductionBCL2 protein, humanp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2apoptosiscell cyclecell signalingcell stresschemotherapyDNA damagekinasemitosisprotein networks

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PMID34680077
PMCPMC8533283
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