Transcriptional regulation of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor gene - A concert of activating factors

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 564-573

  Pagès, Gilles ^a   Pouysségur, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

HIF; Promoter; Sp1; Transcription; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELECOXIB; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; IMATINIB; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UPREGULATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 12344287138     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2004.09.032     Document Type: Review

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