NKX2-3 transcriptional regulation of endothelin-1 and VEGF signaling in human intestinal microvascular endothelial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Wei ^a   Hegarty, John P ^a   Berg, Arthur ^b   Chen, Xi ^c   West, Gail ^d   Kelly, Ashley A ^a   Wang, Yunhua ^a   Poritz, Lisa S ^a   Koltun, Walter A ^a   Lin, Zhenwu ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NKX2.3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; CELL LINE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CELL LINE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 79957541726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020454     Document Type: Article

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