The master
regulator transcription factors and super-enhancers work together to regulate the expression of critical genes, such as those responsible for cell identity.
The regulators included proteins known as master
regulator transcription factors.
The approach helped to discover and nominate Lmx1A as a master
regulator transcription factor of Group 4 tumors, which led to the identification of the likely Group 4 tumor cells of origin.
Not exact matches
Most of the commonly occurring cancers, notably breast, prostate, and lung cancer, spread (metastasize) to bone; I was set to the task of studying the role of a
transcription factor (gene - expression
regulator), NF B (nuclear
factor kappa B), in cancer metastasis.
In addition, using methods for the analysis of regulatory networks developed by the Califano lab in the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Systems Biology, the researchers identified a number of
transcription factors (gene
regulators) that have the potential to mimic the environmental signals that trigger papillae to induce new hair growth.
The key
regulator they identified were the RFX
transcription factors.
SIK3 controls G6PD in synergy with another important
regulator of sugar tolerance, the sugar - sensing
transcription factor complex Mondo - Mlx.
Specifically, the data reveal distinct transitions in
factors that influence the different cellular states including cell cycle
regulators,
transcription factors, and signaling
factors.
Upon discovery of the
transcription factor SUSIBA2, for SUgar SIgnaling in BArley 2, further investigation revealed it was a type known as a master
regulator.
The sequences of these enhancers were enriched for many of the same
transcription factor (TF) binding motifs; the authors could propose upstream
regulators for about half of the enhancer modules they observed.
The transcriptional
regulator megakaryoblastic leukemia - 1 mediates serum response
factor - independent activation of tenascin - C
transcription by mechanical stress.
Frank Mercurio and Anjana Rao report the cloning of the IκB kinases IKK - 1 and IKK - 2, the essential upstream
regulators of the
transcription factor NFκB.
Over the past decade, we have also demonstrated that the zinc finger
transcription factor KLF15 functions as a nodal
regulator of cardiovascular plasticity and multi-organ metabolic homeostasis.
Defined the
transcription factor KLF15 as a nodal
regulator of cardiovascular function and multi-organ metabolic homeostasis
Finally, I will show how we have combined our results to generate a model of hematopoietic differentiation where specific
transcription factors control lineage regulatory regions; our model predicts many already known lineage - controlling
factors as well as finds new potential
regulators of hematopoietic differentiation such as ATF3 in monocytes and Tcf7l2 and Runx2 in NK cells.
The Rel subunit of NF - kappaB - like
transcription factors is a positive and negative
regulator of macrophage gene expression: distinct roles for Rel in different macrophage populations.
This is the master
regulator of insect development, and it was the first
transcription factor ever discovered.
«Looking at gene expression, the ketogenic diet suppressed the longevity - related TOR pathway and insulin signaling and up - regulated the fasting - related
transcription factor PPAR - alpha, a master
regulator that helps the body more efficiently metabolize fat.»
For example, a research team last year used LINCS data to identify the role of a critical
transcription regulator, heat shock
factor 1 (HSF1), in cancer.
Among transcripts that were decreased in ABL1 / ABL2 knockdown cells were TAZ [also known as WWTR1 (WW domain — containing
transcription regulator protein 1)-RSB-, which encodes a transcriptional coactivator in the Hippo pathway, and STAT5A, which encodes a
transcription factor (Fig. 6C).
These experimental data establish the retromer complex as a key spatiotemporal
regulator of IFNAR endosomal sorting and a new
factor in type - I IFN - induced JAK / STAT signalling and gene
transcription.
Surprisingly, we found that the determinant for this wing size difference is located in the non-coding region between two known
transcription factors, the master sex determining gene doublesex and neurogenesis
regulator prospero.
We then found that the
transcription factors Smad1, Smad5 and Zeb2 were also experimentally validated targets of miR - 181a [30,31,34], which are key downstream
regulators of BMP / GDF signalling [32,33,35,36].
They showed genetically that there was an additional response coming from the
transcription factor — Forkhead box O (Foxo)-- which in turn enhances the
transcription of one of the translational
regulators: eukaryotic initiation
factor 4E binding protein (4E - BP).
Structure of an MmyB - like
regulator from C. aurantiacus, member of a new
transcription factor family linked to antibiotic metabolism in actinomycetes.