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The Human β Fibrinogen Promoter Contains a Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-Dependent Interleukin-6-Responsive Element
1 Feb 1993
Abstract excerpt
Acute-phase reactants are liver proteins whose synthesis is positively or negatively regulated during inflammation. The main mediators of this phenomenon are glucocorticoids and interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pleiotropic cytokine that also controls hematopoiesis. Functional analysis of several acute-phase reactant promoter regions has identified two major DNA motifs used by IL-6-regulated genes. The first one...
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