A comprehensive manually curated reaction map of RANKL/RANK-signaling pathway.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) is a member of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily that plays a key role in the regulation of differentiation, activation and survival of osteoclasts and also in tumor cell migration and bone metastasis. Osteoclast activation induced by RANKL regulates hematopoietic stem cell mobilization as part of homeostasis and host defense mechanisms thereby linking regulation of hematopoiesis with bone remodeling. Binding of RANKL to its receptor, Receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B (RANK) activates molecules such as NF-kappa B, mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK), nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) and phosphatidyl 3-kinase (PI3K). Although the molecular and cellular roles of these molecules have been reported previously, a systematic cataloging of the molecular events induced by RANKL/RANK interaction has not been attempted. Here, we present a comprehensive reaction map of the RANKL/RANK-signaling pathway based on an extensive manual curation of the published literature. We hope that the curated RANKL/RANK-signaling pathway model would enable new biomedical discoveries, which can provide novel insights into disease processes and development of novel therapeutic interventions.

Keywords

Database Management Systems, Databases, Factual, Humans, RANK Ligand, Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B, Signal Transduction

Medical Subject Headings

Database Management Systems; Databases, Factual; Humans; RANK Ligand; Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B; Signal Transduction

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Publication Title

Database (Oxford)

ISSN

1758-0463

Volume

2011

First Page

021

Last Page

021

PubMed ID

21742767

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1093/database/bar021

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