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Transcriptional Control Mechanism of Fibrinogen Gene Expression
1 Jun 2001
Abstract excerpt
Although fibrinogen genes are expressed constitutively in hepatocytes, their transcription can be greatly increased during inflammatory stress. Extensive studies have focused on the cytokine mediated transcriptional regulation of fibrinogen genes. It is clear that interleukin-6 (IL-6) and its family of cytokines are the major inducers of fibrinogen gene expression. Functional analyses of all three fibrinogen...
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