Mammalian Krüppel-like factors in health and diseases

BB McConnell, VW Yang - Physiological reviews, 2010‏ - journals.physiology.org
The Krüppel-like factor (KLF) family of transcription factors regulates diverse biological
processes that include proliferation, differentiation, growth, development, survival, and …

The pathobiology of splicing

AJ Ward, TA Cooper - The Journal of Pathology: A Journal of …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ninety‐four percent of human genes are discontinuous, such that segments expressed as
mRNA are contained within exons and separated by intervening segments, called introns …

VISTA is a checkpoint regulator for naïve T cell quiescence and peripheral tolerance

MA ElTanbouly, Y Zhao, E Nowak, J Li, E Schaafsma… - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION A central tenet of the clonal selection theory (CST), the current cornerstone
of adaptive immunity, states that naïve T cells are selected on the basis of specificity to …

A global role for EKLF in definitive and primitive erythropoiesis

D Hodge, E Coghill, J Keys, T Maguire, B Hartmann… - Blood, 2006‏ - ashpublications.org
Erythroid Kruppel-like factor (EKLF, KLF1) plays an important role in definitive erythropoiesis
and β-globin gene regulation but failure to rectify lethal fetal anemia upon correction of …

Two sides of the same coin: the roles of KLF6 in physiology and pathophysiology

SE Syafruddin, MA Mohtar, WF Wan Mohamad Nazarie… - Biomolecules, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) family of proteins control several key biological processes
that include proliferation, differentiation, metabolism, apoptosis and inflammation …

A Germline DNA Polymorphism Enhances Alternative Splicing of the KLF6 Tumor Suppressor Gene and Is Associated with Increased Prostate Cancer Risk

G Narla, A DiFeo, HL Reeves, DJ Schaid, J Hirshfeld… - Cancer research, 2005‏ - AACR
Prostate cancer is a leading and increasingly prevalent cause of cancer death in men.
Whereas family history of disease is one of the strongest prostate cancer risk factors and …

Krüppel-like factor-6 promotes preadipocyte differentiation through histone deacetylase 3-dependent repression of DLK1

D Li, S Yea, S Li, Z Chen, G Narla, M Banck… - Journal of Biological …, 2005‏ - ASBMB
Preadipocyte differentiation occurs during distinct periods of human development and is a
key determinant of body mass. Transcriptional events underlying adipogenesis continue to …

Zinc and cancer: implications for LIV-1 in breast cancer

BJ Grattan, HC Freake - Nutrients, 2012‏ - mdpi.com
Zinc is a trace mineral which is vital for the functioning of numerous cellular processes, is
critical for growth, and may play an important role in cancer etiology and outcome. The …

Genomic models of metastatic cancer: functional analysis of death-from-cancer signature genes reveals aneuploid, anoikis-resistant, metastasis-enabling phenotype …

GV Glinsky - Cell cycle, 2006‏ - Taylor & Francis
A recent discovery of death-from-cancer signature genes identifies potential markers
predicting the high likelihood of treatment failure in cancer patients. This knowledge …

KLF6 induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells through up-regulation of ATF3

X Huang, X Li, B Guo - Journal of biological chemistry, 2008‏ - ASBMB
KLF6 (Kruppel-like factor 6) is a zinc finger transcription factor and a tumor suppressor that is
frequently mutated in prostate cancer. KLF6 suppresses tumor growth and induces …