The stable repression of mesenchymal program is required for hepatocyte identity: A novel role for hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2063-2074

  Santangelo, Laura ^a   Marchetti, Alessandra ^a   Cicchini, Carla ^a   Conigliaro, Alice ^a   Conti, Beatrice ^b   Mancone, Carmine ^b   Bonzo, Jessica A ^c   Gonzalez, Frank J ^c   Alonzi, Tonino ^b   Amicone, Laura ^a   Tripodi, Marco ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MESENCHYMAL EPITHELIAL TRANSITION; MESENCHYME; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79957463762     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24280     Document Type: Article

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