A transcription factor network represses CFTR gene expression in airway epithelial cells

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 475, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1323-1334

  Mutolo, Michael J ^a,b   Leir, Shih Hsing ^a,b,c   Fossum, Sara L ^a,b   Browne, James A ^a,b,c   Harris, Ann ^a,b,c  

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

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BROMODOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 8; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; ETS HOMOLOGOUS FACTOR PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; INHIBITOR OF GROWTH FAMILY MEMBER 2 PROTEIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 5; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR1D1; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 2 GROUP F MEMBER 2 PROTEIN; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROTEIN MDM2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZNF148; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CFTR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AIRWAY EPITHELIUM CELL; ARTICLE; CALU-3 CELL LINE; CIS REGULATORY ELEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HBEC CELL LINE (BRONCHIAL EPITHELIUM); HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MRNA EXPRESSION LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION LEVEL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; BRONCHUS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

BRONCHI; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85046866011     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20180044     Document Type: Article

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