Thyroid transcription factor in differentiating type II cells: Regulation, isoforms, and target genes

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-225

  Kolla, Venkatadri ^b   Gonzales, Linda W ^b   Gonzales, John ^b   Wang, Ping ^b   Angampalli, Sreedevi ^b   Feinstein, Sheldon I ^b   Ballard, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP; Dexamethasone; Gene expression; Microarray; Surfactant protein B

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 6; CYCLIC AMP; DENDRITIC CELL LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; NKX2.1 GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LYSOSOME-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33846919595     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2006-0207OC     Document Type: Article

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