Involvement of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha in transcriptional regulation of the human pregnane x receptor gene in the human liver

Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-66

  Iwazaki, Norihiko ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Morimoto, Kaori ^a   Hirano, Mai ^a   Kawashima, Sachiyo ^a   Furihata, Tomomi ^a   Chiba, Kan ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4a); Human liver; Nuclear receptor; Pregnane X receptor (PXR); Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HUMANS; LIVER; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, STEROID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 42249098584     PISSN: 13474367     EISSN: 18800920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2133/dmpk.23.59     Document Type: Article

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