Transcriptional activation of Reg2 and Reg3β genes by glucocorticoids and interleukin-6 in pancreatic acinar and islet cells

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-196

  Luo, Chen ^a,b   Li, Bing ^b   Liu, Lu ^b   Yin, Hong Ping ^a   Wang, Min ^a   Liu, Jun Li ^b,c  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Montreal Diabetes Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

BCA; CAT; DEX; DMEM; FBS; IHC; IL 6; Immunohistochemistry; INGAP; Insulinoma cells; Luciferase assay; MTT; PARP; Promoter

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN REG2; PROTEIN REG3BETA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REG2 GENE; REG3BETA GENE; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ACINAR CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INTERLEUKIN-6; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LITHOSTATHINE; LUCIFERASES; MICE; NIACINAMIDE; PANCREAS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; RATS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84871363926     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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