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The molecular details of cytokine signaling via the JAK/STAT pathway
Ist Teil von
Protein science, 2018-12, Vol.27 (12), p.1984-2009
Ort / Verlag
Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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Quelle
Wiley Online Library Journals Frontfile Complete
Beschreibungen/Notizen
More than 50 cytokines signal via the JAK/STAT pathway to orchestrate hematopoiesis, induce inflammation and control the immune response. Cytokines are secreted glycoproteins that act as intercellular messengers, inducing proliferation, differentiation, growth, or apoptosis of their target cells. They act by binding to specific receptors on the surface of target cells and switching on a phosphotyrosine‐based intracellular signaling cascade initiated by kinases then propagated and effected by SH2 domain‐containing transcription factors. As cytokine signaling is proliferative and often inflammatory, it is tightly regulated in terms of both amplitude and duration. Here we review molecular details of the cytokine‐induced signaling cascade and describe the architectures of the proteins involved, including the receptors, kinases, and transcription factors that initiate and propagate signaling and the regulatory proteins that control it.