Kruppel-like transcription factor 5 (Klf5) is expressed during late embryogenesis in the forming murine bladder urothelium. Targeted disruption of the Klf5flox alleles by the ShhGfpCre transgene resulted in failure of the bladder urothelium to mature accompanied by hydronephrosis, hydroureter, and vesicoureteric reflux in all E18.5 fetuses. The bladder urothelium did not stratify nor did it express terminal differentiation markers characteristic of basal, intermediate, and umbrella cells including keratins 20, 14, and 5, and uroplakins. At E18.5, an ectopic alpha smooth muscle actin positive layer of cells was identified subjacent to the undifferentiated Klf5-deficient urothelium. The effects of Klf5 deficiency were unique to the urothelium since maturation of the epithelium comprising the bladder neck and urethra were unaffected by the lack of KLF5. mRNA microarray analysis of whole E14.5 control and Klf5 deficient bladders identified Ppar-gamma and Grhl3 as putative downstream intermediary transcription factors that regulate urothelial maturation. Transient transfection assays demonstrated that KLF5 regulated expression of the mGrhl3 promoter. These observations show that alterations in maturation of the bladder urothelium alone are sufficient to induce bladder dysfunction leading to prenatal hydronephrosis.
Kruppel-like factor 5 is required for formation and differentiation of the bladder urothelium.
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View SamplesAndrogen-induced bZIP (AIbZIP) is a basic leucine zipper (bZIP)
Transcriptional profiling of genes that are regulated by the endoplasmic reticulum-bound transcription factor AIbZIP/CREB3L4 in prostate cells.
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View SamplesExpression data from xenograft in BALB/c 6-wk-old nude mice with PC3 prostate cancer cells stably expressing PML or a vector control after treatment of the mice with palbociclib (100mg/kg/day diluted in sodium lactate 50mM pH4 given by gavage) during 5 consecutive days
A CDK4/6-Dependent Epigenetic Mechanism Protects Cancer Cells from PML-induced Senescence.
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View SamplesUpstream Binding Factor (UBF) is a unique multi-HMGB-box protein first identified as a co-factor in RNA polymerase I (RPI/PolI) transcription. However, its poor DNA sequence selectivity and its ability to generate nucleosome-like nucleoprotein complexes suggest a more generalized role in chromatin structure. We previously showed that extensive depletion of UBF reduced the number of actively transcribed ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, but had little effect on rRNA synthesis rates or cell proliferation, leaving open the question of its requirement for RPI transcription. Using conditional gene deletion in mouse, we now show that UBF is indeed essential for transcription of the rRNA genes.
Conditional inactivation of Upstream Binding Factor reveals its epigenetic functions and the existence of a somatic nucleolar precursor body.
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View SamplesTranscription factor FoxM1 is expressed in proliferating cells, and its expression is critical for cell proliferation in embryos and tumors. FoxM1 regulates a multi-gene transcriptional network for cell cycle regulation.
Forkhead box M1 transcriptional factor is required for smooth muscle cells during embryonic development of blood vessels and esophagus.
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View SamplesWe have previously shown that Il1a-knockout (KO) mice exhibit rapid (at day 1) and persistent improvements in locomotion associated with reduced lesion volume compared with Il1b-KO mice and C57BL/6 controls after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). To investigate the mechanism by which Il1a mediates its detrimental effect, we analyzed the transcriptome of the injured spinal cord of Il1a-KO, Il1b-KO and C57BL/6 mice at 24 hours after SCI using GeneChip microarrays.
IL-1α Gene Deletion Protects Oligodendrocytes after Spinal Cord Injury through Upregulation of the Survival Factor Tox3.
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View SamplesLRAT knockout mice on vitamin A sufficient or deficient diets were compared to age-matched wildtype mice on a vitamin A sufficient diet
Effects of vitamin A deficiency in the postnatal mouse heart: role of hepatic retinoid stores.
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View SamplesLRAT knockout mice on vitamin A sufficient or deficient diets were compared to age and gender matched wildtype mice on a vitamin A sufficient diet
Effects of vitamin A deficiency in the postnatal mouse heart: role of hepatic retinoid stores.
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Effects of vitamin A deficiency in the postnatal mouse heart: role of hepatic retinoid stores.
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Epigenome-wide and transcriptome-wide analyses reveal gestational diabetes is associated with alterations in the human leukocyte antigen complex.
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