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

作者：Raju Rajesh; Balakrishnan Lavanya; Nanjappa Vishalakshi; Bhattacharjee Mitali; Getnet Derese; Muthusamy Babylakshmi; Thomas Joji Kurian; Sharma Jyoti; Rahiman B Abdul; Harsha H C; Shankar Subramanian; Prasad T S Keshava; Mohan S Sujatha; Bader Gary D; Wani Mohan R; Pandey Akhilesh^*

来源：Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation, 2011, bar021.

DOI：10.1093/database/bar021

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.

• 出版日期2011
• 单位中国人民武装警察部队后勤学院