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ReviewBiochemical Society transactions2021

Structural insights into glucocorticoid receptor function.

Filipp Frank, Eric A Ortlund, Xu Liu

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Review in Biochemical Society transactions, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Filipp Frank *Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A.
Eric A OrtlundDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A.
Xu Liu *Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0003-2252-7148
Emory University · US

Funding

Targeting the orphan nuclear receptor LRH-1 with small moleculesR01DK115213 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI John Winter Calvert, Eric A Ortlund · 2017 to 2026
$4.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK115213
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a steroid hormone-activated transcription factor that binds to various glucocorticoid response elements to up- or down- regulate the transcription of thousands of genes involved in metabolism, development, stress and inflammatory responses. GR consists of two domains enabling interaction with glucocorticoids, DNA response elements and coregulators, as well as a large intrinsically disordered region that mediates condensate formation. A growing body of structural studies during the past decade have shed new light on GR interactions, providing a new understanding of the mechanisms driving context-specific GR activity. Here, we summarize the established and emerging mechanisms of action of GR, primarily from a structural perspective. This minireview also discusses how the current state of knowledge of GR function may guide future glucocorticoid design with an improved therapeutic index for different inflammatory disorders.

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AnimalsDNAGlucocorticoidsHumansProtein BindingProtein ConformationReceptors, GlucocorticoidRNADNAGlucocorticoidsReceptors, GlucocorticoidRNADNA binding domainglucocorticoid receptorligand binding domaintransactivationtransrepression

Identifiers

PMID34709368
PMCPMC9274455
OpenAlexW3209743182

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