Evidence map›Paper›PMID 9094620›Full record

ArticleJournal of virology1997

The human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 transactivator protein Tax colocalizes in unique nuclear structures with NF-kappaB proteins.

F Bex, A McDowall, A Burny, R Gaynor

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of virology, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Mechanisms of Oncogenesis by HTLV-1 Tax.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. The intricate interplay between RNA viruses and NF-κB.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2014
    Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

F BexDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8594/9072, USA. bex@utsw.swmed.edu
A McDowall
A Burny
R Gaynor
Southwestern Medical Center · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Tax protein of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a potent activator of viral transcription. Tax also activates the expression of specific cellular genes involved in the control of T-lymphocyte growth via effects on cellular transcription factors, including members of the NF-kappaB/cRel family. Immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy were used to characterize the intracellular localization of Tax and identify cellular factors which are the potential targets for its transcriptional activity. These studies indicated that Tax localizes in discrete nuclear foci in T lymphocytes transformed by HTLV-1 and in cells transduced with Tax expression vectors. The Tax-containing foci are complex nuclear structures comprising a central core in which Tax colocalizes with splicing factor Sm. In addition to splicing factors Sm and SC-35, the Tax-containing nuclear structures also contain transcriptional components, including the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II and cyclin-dependent kinase CDK8. The inclusion of the two subunits of NF-kappaB, p50 and RelA, and the presence of the mRNA from a gene specifically activated by Tax through NF-kappaB binding sites suggest that these unique nuclear structures participate in Tax-mediated activation of gene expression via the NF-kappaB pathway.

Indexed as

Ribonucleoproteins, Small NuclearAnimalsAutoantigensCell NucleusCOS CellsGene Expression RegulationGene Products, taxHumansHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1NF-kappa BRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIsnRNP Core ProteinsTranscription Factor RelAAutoantigensGene Products, taxNF-kappa BRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNA, MessengerRNA Polymerase IIsnRNP Core ProteinsTranscription Factor RelA

Identifiers

PMID9094620
PMCPMC191495
OpenAlexW1838672790

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.