Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) is involved in the depolarization-induced activation of growth hormone-releasing hormone gene transcription in vitro

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3011-3019

  Asai, Masato ^a   Iwasaki, Yasumasa ^a,c   Yoshida, Masanori ^a   Mutsuga Nakayama, Noriko ^a   Arima, Hiroshi ^a   Ito, Masafumi ^a   Takano, Koji ^b   Oiso, Yutaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; EGTAZIC ACID; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; POTASSIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINE; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATION; EXPERIMENT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STIMULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL LINE; CYCLOSPORINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EGTAZIC ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEURONS; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; POTASSIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9644258641     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2003-0471     Document Type: Article

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