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Central role of PI3K in transcriptional activation of hTERT in HTLV-I–infected cells
29 May 2008
Abstract excerpt
The persistence of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus-I (HTLV-I)-infected cells is dependent upon clonal expansion and up-regulation of telomerase (hTERT). We have previously found that in interleukin (IL)-2-independent transformed HTLV-I cells, Tax strongly activates the hTERT promoter through nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB)-mediated Sp1 and c-Myc activation. In IL-2-dependent cells and adult T-cell...
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