The Germinal Center Kinase TNIK Is Required for Canonical NF-κB and JNK Signaling in B-Cells by the EBV Oncoprotein LMP1 and the CD40 Receptor
Author(s) -
Anna Shkoda,
Jennifer A. Town,
Janine Griese,
Michael Romio,
Hakan Sarioglu,
Thomas Knöfel,
Fabian Giehler,
Arnd Kieser
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001376
Subject(s) - traf2 , biology , cancer research , microbiology and biotechnology , map kinase kinase kinase , iκb kinase , signal transduction , kinase , nf κb , protein kinase a , tumor necrosis factor alpha , immunology , tumor necrosis factor receptor
TNIK has an important function in physiological activation and viral transformation of human B-cells by interacting with the TRAF6 adapter complex and mediating NF-κB and JNK signal transduction.
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