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Cleavage of osmosensitive transcriptional factor NFAT5 by Coxsackieviral protease 2A promotes viral replication.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Dec 2017
Qiu Ye, Ye Xin, Zhang Huifang Mary, Hanson Paul, Zhao Guangze, Tong Lei, Xie Ronald, Yang Decheng
Abstract excerpt
Nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5)/Tonicity enhancer binding protein (TonEBP) is a transcription factor induced by hypertonic stress in the kidney. However, the function of NFAT5 in other organs has rarely been studied, even though it is ubiquitously expressed. Indeed, although NFAT5 was reported to be critical for heart development and function, its role in infectious heart diseases has remained...
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