RE-1 silencing transcription factor (REST): A regulator of neuronal development and neuronal/endocrine function

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-109

  Thiel, Gerald ^a   Ekici, Myriam ^a   Rössler, Oliver G ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Neurosecretion; Pancreatic cells; PC12 cells; RE 1 silencing transcription factor; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; INSULIN; RE 1 SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMATIN; RE1-SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EPILEPSY; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROSECRETION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHENOTYPE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84926616508     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1963-0     Document Type: Review

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