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Dexamethasone-mediated repression of MUC5AC gene expression in human lung epithelial cells.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2006
Chen Yajun, Nickola Tracey J, DiFronzo Nancy L, Colberg-Poley Anamaris M, Rose Mary C
Abstract excerpt
Glucocorticoids regulate gene expression via binding of the ligand-activated glucocorticoid receptor (GR) to glucocorticoid-responsive elements (GRE) in target gene promoters. The MUC5AC gene, which encodes the protein backbone of an abundant secreted airway mucin, has several putative GRE cis-elements in its 5' sequence. Mechanism(s) whereby glucocorticoids regulate mucin genes have not previously been...
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