Thyroid transcription factor-I (TTF-I/Nkx2.I/TITFI) gene regulation in the lung

Clinical Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Boggaram, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Lung cancer; Morphogenesis; Promoter regulation; Surfactant; Thyroid transcription factor (TTF)

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CYCLIC AMP; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HOX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITROFEN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; THYROID NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DISEASE MARKER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 60549094652     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080068     Document Type: Review

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