Ets homologous factor (EHF) has critical roles in epithelial dysfunction in airway disease

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 292, Issue 26, 2017, Pages 10938-10949

  Fossum, Sara L ^a,b   Mutolo, Michael J ^a,b   Tugores, Antonio ^c   Ghosh, Sujana ^a,b   Randell, Scott H ^d   Jones, Lisa C ^d   Leir, Shih Hsing ^a,b   Harris, Ann ^a,b,e  

^a Lurie Children's Research Center   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; PATHOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AIRWAY EPITHELIUM; CELL PHENOTYPE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPITHELIAL FUNCTIONS; ETS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; INTERGENIC REGIONS; RNA SEQUENCING;

TRANSCRIPTION;

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; ETS HOMOLOGOUS FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 2; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 8; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 5; SAM POINTED DOMAIN CONTAINING ETS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHEMOKINE; EHF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AIRWAY CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEPLETION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENOME; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; ONCOGENE MYC; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RNA SEQUENCE; TARGET CELL; WOUND HEALING; BRONCHUS; CELL LINE; GENETICS; HYPERPLASIA; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY;

BRONCHI; CELL LINE; CHEMOKINES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; NEUTROPHILS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85021666943     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M117.775304     Document Type: Article

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