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Adenovirus-mediated hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha overexpression maintains liver phenotype in cultured rat hepatocytes.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 23 Sept 2005
Naiki Takafumi, Nagaki Masahito, Asano Takahiko, Kimata Takayuki, Moriwaki Hisataka
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF-4alpha) is a transcription factor that controls embryonal liver development and that maintains and regulates gene expression in adult liver cells. We have previously demonstrated that transient overexpression of HNF-4alpha up-regulates a number of liver-specific genes in hepatoma cell lines. In this study, we extend these studies by assessing the functional role of HNF-4alpha...
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