Evidence for activation of the TGF-β1 promoter by C/EBPβ and its modulation by smads

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Abraham, Selvajothi ^a   Sweet, Thersa ^a   Khalili, Kamel ^a   Sawaya, Bassel E ^a   Amini, Shohreh ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN P56; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; NF-KAPPA B; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 58149343603     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.2008.0036     Document Type: Article

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