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Serum Response Factor Expression in Excess Permits a Dual Contractile-Proliferative Phenotype of Airway Smooth Muscle.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2024
Sun Rui, Pan Xingning, Ward Erin, Intrevado Rafael, Morozan Arina, Lauzon Anne-Marie, Martin James G
Abstract excerpt
The transcription factors (TFs) MyoCD (myocardin) and Elk-1 (ETS Like-1 protein) competitively bind to SRF (serum response factor) and control myogenic- and mitogenic-related gene expression in smooth muscle, respectively. Their functions are therefore mutually inhibitory, which results in a contractile-versus-proliferative phenotype dichotomy. Airway smooth muscle cell (ASMC) phenotype alterations occur in...
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