Transglutaminase 2 protects against ischemic insult, interacts with HIF1β, and attenuates HIF1 signaling

FASEB Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2662-2675

  Filiano, Anthony J ^a,c   Bailey, Craig D C ^b   Tucholski, Janusz ^b   Gundemir, Soner ^c   Johnson, Gail V W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Neuron; Oxygen and glucose deprivation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BNIP3; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATOR; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA PRIMERS; GLUCOSE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEURONS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48749092910     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-097709     Document Type: Article

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