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Michael Karin

Researcher at University of California, San Diego

Publications -  753
Citations -  246120

Michael Karin is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: IκB kinase & Signal transduction. The author has an hindex of 236, co-authored 704 publications receiving 226485 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Karin include Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research & University of California, Los Angeles.

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NF-κB Activation in Hypothalamic Pro-opiomelanocortin Neurons Is Essential in Illness- and Leptin-induced Anorexia

TL;DR: In animal models of infection-associated anorexia, hypothalamic NF-κB was activated by leptin, an important anorexigenic hormone, and mediates leptin-stimulated POMC transcription, indicating that hypothalamicNF-κBs also serves as a downstream signaling pathway of leptin.
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Elevation of AP1 activity during F9 cell differentiation is due to increased c-jun transcription.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that AP1 activity can be stimulated by phorbol ester without concomitant c-fos induction, and indicates that, in the absence of c-Fos, only c-Jun is an effective transactivator.
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Antiinflammatory functions of p38 in mouse models of rheumatoid arthritis: advantages of targeting upstream kinases MKK-3 or MKK-6.

TL;DR: Inhibiting p38α in a disease that is dominated by macrophage cytokines, such as RA, could paradoxically suppress antiinflammatory functions and interfere with clinical efficacy.
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Synergistic interaction of MEK kinase 2, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) kinase 2, and JNK1 results in efficient and specific JNK1 activation.

TL;DR: Investigating the molecular basis of activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) subgroup of MAPK by the MAPKKK MEKK2 found that strong and specific JNK1 activation byMEKK2 was mediated by theMAPKK JNK kinase 2 (JNKK2) rather than by JNKK1 through formation of a tripartite complex consisting of MEKK 2, JNkk2, andJNK1.