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ReviewCellular & molecular biology letters2022

Absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) in rheumatoid arthritis: novel molecular insights and implications.

Jianan Zhao, Shicheng Guo, Steven J Schrodi, Dongyi He

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Review in Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jianan ZhaoDepartment of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shicheng GuoComputation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Shicheng.Guo@wisc.edu.
Steven J SchrodiComputation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Schrodi@wisc.edu.
Dongyi HeDepartment of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China. dongyihe@medmail.com.cn.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82071756National Natural Science Foundation of China 82074234
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2), a member of the Pyrin and HIN domain protein family, is a cytoplasmic receptor that recognizes double-stranded DNA. AIM2 exhibits limited expression under physiological conditions but is widely expressed in many human diseases, including autoimmune diseases, and plays an essential role in the immune response. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that poses a severe threat to physical and mental health, and is caused by several genetic and metabolic factors. Multiple immune cells interact to form a complex inflammatory network that mediates inflammatory responses and bone destruction. Abnormal AIM2 expression in multiple immune cell populations (T cells, B cells, fibroblast-like synoviocytes, monocytes, and macrophages) may regulate multiple functional responses in RA through mechanisms such as pyroptosis, PANoptosis, and regulation of other molecules. In this review, we describe and summarize the functional regulation and impact of AIM2 expression in immune cells to improve our understanding of the complex pathological mechanisms. These insights may provide potential directions for the development of new clinical diagnostic strategies for RA.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidMelanomaDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansAIM2 protein, humanDNA-Binding ProteinsAbsent in melanoma 2Autoimmune diseaseInflammationPANoptosisPyroptosisRheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID36476420
PMCPMC9730612
OpenAlexW4310809201

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