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SUBMITTER: Kitagawa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3431629 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kitagawa Michinori M Takebe Atsushi A Ono Yuichi Y Imai Toshio T Nakao Kazuki K Nishikawa Shin-Ichi S Era Takumi T
The Journal of biological chemistry 20120623 33
The regulation of mesenchymal cell growth by signaling molecules plays an important role in maintaining tissue functions. Aberrant mesenchymal cell proliferation caused by disruption of this regulatory process leads to pathogenetic events such as fibrosis. In the current study we have identified a novel nuclear factor, Phf14, which controls the proliferation of mesenchymal cells by regulating PDGFRα expression. Phf14-null mice died just after birth due to respiratory failure. Histological analys ...[more]