Gene expression and biological processes influenced by deletion of Stat3 in pulmonary type II epithelial cells

BMC Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Xu, Yan ^a   Ikegami, Machiko ^a   Wang, Yanhua ^a   Matsuzaki, Yohei ^a   Whitsett, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; LUNG SURFACTANT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 38949202254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-455     Document Type: Article

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