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Identification of a novel NF-kappaB-binding site with regulation of the murine alpha2(I) collagen promoter.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Apr 2004
Novitskiy Gennadiy, Potter James J, Rennie-Tankersley Lynda, Mezey Esteban
Abstract excerpt
Hepatic fibrosis is due to the increased synthesis and deposition of type I collagen. Acetaldehyde activates type I collagen promoters. Nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) was previously shown to inhibit expression of murine alpha(1)(I) and human alpha(2)(I) collagen promoters. The present study id...
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