RANKL/RANK signaling pathway (Homo sapiens)

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Receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) is a member of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily. It binds to Receptor activator of NF-kB (RANK) and plays a major role in the regulation of osteoclast function. Binding of RANKL to RANK leads to the activation of signaling modules such as NF-kappa B, mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK's), protein kinase C (PKC), Ca2+/Calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) and phosphatidyl 3-kinase (PI3K). The RANKL-RANK signaling system is negatively regulated by a decoy receptor known as Osteoprotegerin.

Source: NethPath and NetSlim

Additional comments: RANKL signaling pathway is available at NetPath (http://www.netpath.org). The NetSlim map of the pathway is available at http://www.netpath.org/netslim. This is a collaborative effort between PandeyLab at Johns Hopkins University (http://pandeylab.igm.jhmi.edu) and Institute of Bioinformatics (http://www.ibioinformatics.org). This pathway is published in Database [PMID:21742767]. If you use this pathway, you must cite following paper: Raju, R., Balakrishnan, L., Nanjappa, V., Bhattacharjee, M., Getnet, D., Muthusamy, B., Thomas, J. K., Sharma, J., Rahiman, B. A., Harsha, H. C., Shankar, S., Prasad, T. S. K., Mohan, S. S., Bader, G. D., Wani, M. R. and Pandey, A. (2011). A comprehensive manually curated reaction map of RANKL/RANK signaling pathway. Database.