C/EBPα and the vitamin D receptor cooperate in the regulation of cathelicidin in lung epithelial cells

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 464-472

  Dhawan, Puneet ^a   Wei, Ran ^a   Sun, Cheng ^a   Gombart, Adrian F ^b   Koeffler, H Phillip ^c   Diamond, Gill ^d   Christakos, Sylvia ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCITRIOL RECEPTOR; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA;

BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BINDING SITES; CALCITRIOL; CATHELICIDINS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84911061366     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24729     Document Type: Article

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