Roles and regulation of transcription factor MafA in islet β-cells

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 659-666

  Aramata, Shinsaku ^a   Han, Song Iee ^b   Kataoka, Kohsuke ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose response; Glucotoxicity; Insulin; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INSULIN; INSULIN PROMOTER FACTOR 1; MAFA PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONNEXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MAF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, LARGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 40649115005     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.KR-101     Document Type: Review

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