The NF-κB family of transcription factors and its regulation

A Oeckinghaus, S Ghosh - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2009 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2009cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) consists of a family of transcription factors that play critical roles in
inflammation, immunity, cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. Inducible NF-κB
activation depends on phosphorylation-induced proteosomal degradation of the inhibitor of
NF-κB proteins (IκBs), which retain inactive NF-κB dimers in the cytosol in unstimulated cells.
The majority of the diverse signaling pathways that lead to NF-κB activation converge on the
IκB kinase (IKK) complex, which is responsible for IκB phosphorylation and is essential for …
Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) consists of a family of transcription factors that play critical roles in inflammation, immunity, cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. Inducible NF-κB activation depends on phosphorylation-induced proteosomal degradation of the inhibitor of NF-κB proteins (IκBs), which retain inactive NF-κB dimers in the cytosol in unstimulated cells. The majority of the diverse signaling pathways that lead to NF-κB activation converge on the IκB kinase (IKK) complex, which is responsible for IκB phosphorylation and is essential for signal transduction to NF-κB. Additional regulation of NF-κB activity is achieved through various post-translational modifications of the core components of the NF-κB signaling pathways. In addition to cytosolic modifications of IKK and IκB proteins, as well as other pathway-specific mediators, the transcription factors are themselves extensively modified. Tremendous progress has been made over the last two decades in unraveling the elaborate regulatory networks that control the NF-κB response. This has made the NF-κB pathway a paradigm for understanding general principles of signal transduction and gene regulation.
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