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| TCF3SummaryGene Symbol: TCF3 Description: transcription factor 3 Alias: E2A, E47, ITF1, TCF-3, VDIR, bHLHb21, VDR interacting repressor, class B basic helix-loop-helix protein 21, helix-loop-helix protein HE47, immunoglobulin transcription factor 1, kappa-E2-binding factor, negative vitamin D response element-binding protein, transcription factor 3 (E2A immunoglobulin enhancer binding factors E12/E47), transcription factor E2-alpha, transcription factor ITF-1, vitamin D receptor-interacting repressor Species: human Top Publications
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Bridge-1, a novel PDZ-domain coactivator of E2A-mediated regulation of insulin gene transcriptionM K Thomas
Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Mol Cell Biol 19:8492-504. 1999Proteins in the E2A family of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors are important in a wide spectrum of physiologic processes as diverse as neurogenesis, myogenesis, lymphopoeisis, and sex determination...
Notch-induced E2A ubiquitination and degradation are controlled by MAP kinase activitiesLei Nie
Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
EMBO J 22:5780-92. 2003..Here, we report that signaling through Notch modulates the turnover of E2A proteins including E12 and E47, which are basic helix-loop-helix proteins crucial for B and T lymphocyte ..
Gene expression patterns define novel roles for E47 in cell cycle progression, cytokine-mediated signaling, and T lineage developmentRuth Schwartz
Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0377, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:9976-81. 2006..To examine how E47 regulates cellular expansion and developmental progression, we have used an E2A-deficient lymphoma cell line and DNA microarray analysis to identify immediate E47 target genes...
Selective use of multiple vitamin D response elements underlies the 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-mediated negative regulation of the human CYP27B1 geneMikko M Turunen
Department of Biochemistry, University of Kuopio, FIN 70211 Kuopio, Finland
Nucleic Acids Res 35:2734-47. 2007..This data explains, in part, why the human CYP27B1 gene is repressed in HEK-293 but not in MCF-7 cells...
The gene for enhancer binding proteins E12/E47 lies at the t(1;19) breakpoint in acute leukemiasJ D Mellentin
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94025
Science 246:379-82. 1989The gene (E2A) that codes for proteins with the properties of immunoglobulin enhancer binding factors E12/E47 was mapped to chromosome region 19p13.2-p13.3, a site associated with nonrandom translocations in acute lymphoblastic leukemias...
E47, IRF-4, and PU.1 synergize to induce B-cell-specific activation of the class II transactivator promoter III (CIITA-PIII)Nienke van der Stoep
Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, E3 Q, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Blood 104:2849-57. 2004..We show that in B cells, E47 and PU...
Characterization of ABF-1, a novel basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor expressed in activated B lymphocytesM E Massari
Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Mol Cell Biol 18:3130-9. 1998..ABF-1 is capable of binding an E-box element either as a homodimer or as a heterodimer with E2A. Furthermore, a heterodimeric complex containing ABF-1 and E2A can be detected in EBV-immortalized lymphoblastoid ..
The LIM-only protein Lmo2 is a bridging molecule assembling an erythroid, DNA-binding complex which includes the TAL1, E47, GATA-1 and Ldb1/NLI proteinsI A Wadman
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
EMBO J 16:3145-57. 1997..We now show that in erythroid cells Lmo2 forms a novel DNA-binding complex, with GATA-1, TAL1 and E2A, and the recently identified LIM-binding protein Ldb1/NLI...
The effects of siRNA-mediated inhibition of E2A-PBX1 on EB-1 and Wnt16b expression in the 697 pre-B leukemia cell lineGiovanna Casagrande
Laboratory of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Italy
Haematologica 91:765-71. 2006..acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is t(1;19)(q23;p13), usually resulting in the expression of the chimeric gene E2A-PBX1...
Bmi-1 regulation of INK4A-ARF is a downstream requirement for transformation of hematopoietic progenitors by E2a-Pbx1Kevin S Smith
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Mol Cell 12:393-400. 2003..in lymphoid malignancies, but are consistently absent in pre-B cell leukemias induced by the chimeric oncoprotein E2a-Pbx1 created by t(1;19) chromosomal translocations...
A new DNA binding and dimerization motif in immunoglobulin enhancer binding, daughterless, MyoD, and myc proteinsC Murre
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
Cell 56:777-83. 1989..Remarkable is the stringent conservation of hydrophobic residues present in both helices. We demonstrate that this new motif plays a crucial role in both dimerization and DNA binding...
Transrepression by a liganded nuclear receptor via a bHLH activator through co-regulator switchingAkiko Murayama
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
EMBO J 23:1598-608. 2004..A bHLH-type factor, designated VDIR, was identified as a direct sequence-specific activator of 1nVDRE...
Chromosomal translocation t(1;19) results in synthesis of a homeobox fusion mRNA that codes for a potential chimeric transcription factorJ Nourse
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305
Cell 60:535-45. 1990The gene (E2A) for enhancer binding transcription factors E12 and E47 maps to the t(1;19) chromosomal translocation breakpoint in pre-B cell leukemias...
Notch signaling induces rapid degradation of achaete-scute homolog 1Virote Sriuranpong
Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Mol Cell Biol 22:3129-39. 2002..This novel function of activated Notch to rapidly degrade a class II bHLH protein may prove to be important in many contexts in development and in cancer...
The t(1;19)(q23;p13) results in consistent fusion of E2A and PBX1 coding sequences in acute lymphoblastic leukemiasS P Hunger
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA
Blood 77:687-93. 1991..The t(1;19) juxtaposes the E2A gene from chromosome 19 with the PBX1 gene on chromosome 1, leading to the production of fusion transcripts and ..
HASH-1 and E2-2 are expressed in human neuroblastoma cells and form a functional complexP Persson
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Malmo, University Hospital MAS, S 205 02, Sweden
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 274:22-31. 2000..In conclusion, E2-2 forms a functional complex with HASH-1, and might therefore be involved in the development of specific parts of the central and peripheral nervous systems...
A pentamer transcriptional complex including tal-1 and retinoblastoma protein downmodulates c-kit expression in normal erythroblastsL Vitelli
Department of Hematology Oncology, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, 00161 Rome, Italy
Mol Cell Biol 20:5330-42. 2000..contain a pentamer protein complex comprising the tal-1 transcription factor heterodimerized with the ubiquitous E2A protein and linked to Lmo2, Ldb1, and retinoblastoma protein (pRb)...
Role of flanking E box motifs in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 TATA element functionS H Ou
Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235 8594
J Virol 68:7188-99. 1994..Two proteins representing different classes of bHLH proteins, E47 and AP-4, were assayed for their ability to bind to the flanking E box motifs...
Notch1 promotes survival of E2A-deficient T cell lymphomas through pre-T cell receptor-dependent and -independent mechanismsErica J Reschly
Department of Pathology, MC1089, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Blood 107:4115-21. 2006Loss of E2A transcription factor activity or activation of the intracellular form of Notch1 (ICN) leads to the development of leukemia or lymphoma in humans or mice, respectively...
Synergistic activation of the human orphan nuclear receptor SHP gene promoter by basic helix-loop-helix protein E2A and orphan nuclear receptor SF-1Han Jong Kim
Hormone Research Center, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, 500 757, Republic of Korea
Nucleic Acids Res 31:6860-72. 2003..In this study, we have found that basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors, the E2A proteins (E47, E12 and E2/5), activated the human but not the mouse SHP promoter...
A new homeobox gene contributes the DNA binding domain of the t(1;19) translocation protein in pre-B ALLM P Kamps
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Massachusetts 02142
Cell 60:547-55. 1990..3) translocation, found in human pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias, is within the E2A transcription factor gene on chromosome 19...
Association of connexin36 and zonula occludens-1 with zonula occludens-2 and the transcription factor zonula occludens-1-associated nucleic acid-binding protein at neuronal gap junctions in rodent retinaC Ciolofan
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 730 William Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 3J7
Neuroscience 140:433-51. 2006....
Genes on bovine chromosome 18 associated with bilateral convergent strabismus with exophthalmos in German Brown cattleS Fink
Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany
Mol Vis 14:1737-51. 2008..association analysis for three candidate genes (troponin T type 1 [TNNT1], retinol dehydrogenase 13 [RDH13], and TCF3 fusion partner [TFPT]), which are located within the previously identified BCSE-linked region on the telomeric end ..
Transcriptional regulation of activating transcription factor 3 involves the early growth response-1 geneFrank G Bottone
Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 315:668-77. 2005..Therefore, this is a novel first report demonstrating that the expression of ATF3 occurs via Egr-1 downstream of Erk1/2...
Activating transcription factor 3 is integral to the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 kinase stress responseHao Yuan Jiang
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Mol Cell Biol 24:1365-77. 2004....
Development of packaging cell lines for generation of adeno-associated virus vectors by lentiviral gene transfer of trans-complementary componentsSatoki Nakamura
Department of Internal Medicine III, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama, Japan
Eur J Haematol 73:285-94. 2004..va.e2a.e4...
Characterization of adeno-associated virus rep protein inhibition of adenovirus E2a gene expressionShadia Nada
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Ohio, 3035 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43614 5804, USA
Virology 293:345-55. 2002..In this report we investigate Rep-mediated effects on expression of the adenovirus (Ad) E2a gene and the Ad major late promoter...
Sequence-specific methylation in a downstream region of the late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 DNA prevents protein bindingR Hermann
Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, F R G
J Mol Biol 210:411-5. 1989In studies on the promoter-inhibitory effect of sequence-specific DNA methylations, the late E2A promoter of human adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) has been used as an experimental tool...
Expression of RUNX3 gene, methylation status and clinicopathological significance in breast cancer and breast cancer cell linesYing Jiang
Department of Pathology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
Pathobiology 75:244-51. 2008..In this study, we aimed to analyze the methylation status of the RUNX3 promoter in breast cancer and to evaluate the relationship between RUNX3 expression and breast carcinogenesis and prognosis...
Activating transcription factor 3 induction in sympathetic neurons after axotomy: response to decreased neurotrophin availabilityH Hyatt Sachs
Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 4975, USA
Neuroscience 150:887-97. 2007....
Axotomy-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration is accompanied with c-Jun phosphorylation and activation transcription factor 3 expressionDae Y Song
Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Exp Neurol 209:268-78. 2008..Taken together, these results support the idea that pc-Jun and its putative dimeric partner ATF3 may be closely participating in axotomy-induced neurodegeneration...
High incidence of proviral integrations in the Hoxa locus in a new model of E2a-PBX1-induced B-cell leukemiaJanet Bijl
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Stem Cells, Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
Genes Dev 19:224-33. 2005Relevant mouse models of E2a-PBX1-induced pre-B cell leukemia are still elusive...
Pivotal role for the NFIL3/E4BP4 transcription factor in interleukin 3-mediated survival of pro-B lymphocytesS Ikushima
Department of Experimental Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94:2609-14. 1997The E2A-HLF (hepatic leukemia factor) oncoprotein, generated in pro-B lymphocytes by fusion of the trans-activation domain of E2A to the basic region/leucine zipper (bZIP) domain of HLF, functions as an anti-apoptotic transcription ..
HEB, a helix-loop-helix protein related to E2A and ITF2 that can modulate the DNA-binding ability of myogenic regulatory factorsJ S Hu
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Mol Cell Biol 12:1031-42. 1992..nearly complete identity in the B-HLH domain with the immunoglobulin enhancer binding proteins encoded by the E2A and ITF2 genes (E proteins)...
Levels of E2A protein expression in B cell precursors are stage-dependent and inhibited by stem cell factor (c-kit ligand)Richard L Riley
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, PO Box 016960 R138, Miami, FL 33101, USA
Exp Hematol 30:1412-8. 2002The E2A-encoded proteins E47 and E12 are crucial to the development of pro-B and pre-B cells...
Pan/E2A expression precedes immunoglobulin heavy-chain expression during B lymphopoiesis in nontransformed cells, and Pan/E2A proteins are not detected in myeloid cellsY Jacobs
Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside 92521
Mol Cell Biol 14:4087-96. 1994A newly developed rat long-term bone marrow culture system was used to study the role of Pan/E2A basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors during B-cell development...
Activating transcription factor 3 is up-regulated in patients with hypospadiasBenchun Liu
Center for the Study and Treatment of Hypospadias, Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
Pediatr Res 58:1280-3. 2005..Because the etiology of hypospadias may include exposure to estrogenic compounds, the responsiveness of ATF3 to estrogen is also discussed...
Effects of adeno-associated virus on adenovirus replication and gene expression during coinfectionJennifer M Timpe
Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Medical University of Ohio, 3035 Arlington Ave, Toledo, OH 43614 5804, USA
J Virol 80:7807-15. 2006..E4 and late transcription were the most strongly inhibited, and E1A and E2A were the least affected. The temporal effects of AAV on Ad mRNA transcript levels also varied among the Ad genes...
Early B cell factor promotes B lymphopoiesis with reduced interleukin 7 responsiveness in the absence of E2AChristopher S Seet
Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 1089, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Exp Med 199:1689-700. 2004The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors encoded by the E2A gene function at the apex of a transcriptional hierarchy involving E2A, early B cell factor (EBF), and Pax5, which is essential for B lymphopoiesis...
Inhibition of adenovirus cytotoxicity, replication, and E2a gene expression by adeno-associated virusX J Jing
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Ohio, 3035 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43614 5804, USA
Virology 291:140-51. 2001..AAV, but not UV-inactivated AAV, delayed Ad-induced cytotoxicity and inhibited Ad E2a gene expression. AAV, but not UV-inactivated AAV or a recombinant AAV vector, inhibited Ad DNA replication...
[Effects of Cordyceps extract on cytokines and transcription factors in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of asthmatic children during remission stage]Wen Sun
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Children s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao 8:341-6. 2010..To explore the effects of Cordyceps extract in regulating the imbalance of Th1/Th2 ratio and inhibiting the inflammatory reaction, and to find the theoretical basis of Cordyceps extract for treating asthma in remission stage...
Meis1 and pKnox1 bind DNA cooperatively with Pbx1 utilizing an interaction surface disrupted in oncoprotein E2a-Pbx1P S Knoepfler
Department of Pathology, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94:14553-8. 1997b>E2a-Pbx1 is a chimeric transcription factor oncoprotein produced by the t(1;19) translocation in human pre-B cell leukemia...
E2A-HLF-mediated cell transformation requires both the trans-activation domains of E2A and the leucine zipper dimerization domain of HLFT Yoshihara
Department of Experimental Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
Mol Cell Biol 15:3247-55. 1995The E2A-HLF fusion gene, formed by the t(17;19)(q22;p13) translocation in childhood acute pro-B-cell leukemia, encodes a hybrid protein that contains the paired trans-activation domains of E2A (E12/E47) linked to the basic region/leucine ..
c-jun inhibits insulin control element-mediated transcription by affecting the transactivation potential of the E2A gene productsG L Robinson
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
Mol Cell Biol 15:1398-404. 1995..The ICE activator is composed, in part, of the basic helix-loop-helix proteins E12, E47, and E2-5 encoded by the E2A gene...
Prolonged transgene expression in cotton rat lung with recombinant adenoviruses defective in E2aJ F Engelhardt
Institute for Human Gene Therapy, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104 4268
Hum Gene Ther 5:1217-29. 1994..that is disabled in its capacity to replicate by the introduction of a temperature-sensitive mutation in the E2a gene as well deletion of E1 sequences...
Simian virus 40 small t antigen trans activates the adenovirus E2A promoter by using mechanisms distinct from those used by adenovirus E1AM R Loeken
Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
J Virol 66:2551-5. 1992..simian virus 40 small t antigen, polyomavirus small t antigen stimulates transcription directed by the adenovirus E2A and VA-I promoters during transient transfection assays...
Activation transcription factor-3 activation and the development of spinal cord degeneration in a rat model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosisA Malaspina
Centre for Neuroscience and Trauma, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Blizard Institute, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK
Neuroscience 169:812-27. 2010..In addition, factors previously described to be linked to ATF-3 activation under various experimental conditions of stress, become switched on in spinal cord from the end-stage transgenic rat model of ALS...
Temporal regulation of Ig gene diversification revealed by single-cell imagingEllen C Ordinario
Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Immunol 183:4545-53. 2009..We recently showed that the activator, E2A, functions in cis to promote diversification, and that G(1) phase of cell cycle is the critical window for E2A ..
The embryonal carcinoma stem cell Ela-like activity involves a differentiation-regulated transcription factorN B La Thangue
Laboratory of Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK
Nucleic Acids Res 18:2929-38. 1990..The Ela-inducible adenovirus E2A promoter has been used to further define this activity and we show that in vitro the transcription of this promoter ..
Cloning and functional characterisation of avian transcription factor E2AThomas M Conlon
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, WT MRC building, Addenbrooke s Hospital, CB2 2XY, UK
BMC Immunol 5:11. 2004During B lymphocyte development the E2A gene is a critical regulator of cell proliferation and differentiation...
DNA-binding and transcriptional regulatory properties of hepatic leukemia factor (HLF) and the t(17;19) acute lymphoblastic leukemia chimera E2A-HLFS P Hunger
Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305
Mol Cell Biol 14:5986-96. 1994The t(17;19) translocation in acute lymphoblastic leukemias results in creation of E2A-hepatic leukemia factor (HLF) chimeric proteins that contain the DNA-binding and protein dimerization domains of the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) ..
Activating transcription factor 3 immunoreactivity identifies small populations of axotomized neurons in rat cervical sympathetic ganglia after transection of the preganglionic cervical sympathetic trunkRichard E Zigmond
Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 4975, USA
Brain Res 1159:119-23. 2007....
In vivo interactions of MyoD, Id1, and E2A proteins determined by acceptor photobleaching fluorescence resonance energy transferJody M Lingbeck
Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics and Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children s Hospital, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
FASEB J 22:1694-701. 2008..MyoD interacts with ubiquitously expressed E2A or inhibitor of DNA binding (Id) proteins to activate or inhibit transcription, respectively...
Immunologic regulation of bone developmentMark C Horowitz
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, New Haven, CT, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 602:47-56. 2007A regulatory network comprised of transcription factors PU.1, Ikaros, E2A, EBF, and Pax5 control B cell fate specification and differentiation...
Identification of a candidate regulatory element within the 5' flanking region of the mouse Igh locus defined by pro-B cell-specific hypersensitivity associated with binding of PU.1, Pax5, and E2AInka Pawlitzky
Immunology Program, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Immunol 176:6839-51. 2006..Sequence motifs within HS1 for PU.1, Pax5, and E2A bind these proteins in vitro and these factors are recruited to HS1 sequence only in pro-B cells...
Formation of der(19)t(1;19)(q23;p13) in acute lymphoblastic leukemiaKajsa Paulsson
Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
Genes Chromosomes Cancer 42:144-8. 2005The t(1;19)(q23;p13), which results in a fusion of TCF3 (previously E2A) at 19p13 with PBX1 at 1q23, is one of the most common translocations in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)...
Plasmids with E2 epitope tags: tagging modules for N- and C-terminal PCR-based gene targeting in both budding and fission yeast, and inducible expression vectors for fission yeastTiina Tamm
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Riia 23, Tartu 51010, Estonia
Yeast 26:55-66. 2009..E2Tags are 10-amino acids (epitope E2a: SSTSSDFRDR)- and 12 amino acids (epitope E2b: GVSSTSSDFRDR)-long peptides derived from the E2 protein of bovine ..
Multiple T cell epitope peptides suppress allergic responses in an egg allergy mouse model by the elicitation of forkhead box transcription factor 3- and transforming growth factor-beta-associated mechanismsM Yang
Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
Clin Exp Allergy 40:668-78. 2010..Peptide-based immunotherapy (PIT) represents an attractive approach for targeted interventions in immunological disorders, but has not been widely explored in the context of food allergy...
Expression of activating transcription factor 3 and growth-associated protein 43 in the rat geniculate ganglion neurons after chorda tympani injuryKenzo Tsuzuki
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
Acta Otolaryngol 122:161-7. 2002....
Increased risk for CNS relapse in pre-B cell leukemia with the t(1;19)/TCF3-PBX1S Jeha
Department of Oncology, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
Leukemia 23:1406-9. 2009..therapy on the clinical outcome of children with pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and the t(1;19)/TCF3/PBX1, we analyzed 735 patients with B-cell precursor ALL treated in four successive protocols at St Jude Children's ..
Interleukin-10 induced activating transcription factor 3 transcriptional suppression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 gene expression in human prostate CPTX-1532 CellsMark E Stearns
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Drexel University, MS 435, 15th and Vine Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19085, USA
Mol Cancer Res 2:403-16. 2004..Taken together, these data demonstrate the critical role of tyrosine phosphorylated ATF3 and the CREB consensus domain in IL-10 suppression of MMP-2 gene expression in primary human prostate tumor cells...
Early B-cell factor, E2A, and Pax-5 cooperate to activate the early B cell-specific mb-1 promoterMikael Sigvardsson
Department for Stem Cell Biology, Lund, Sweden
Mol Cell Biol 22:8539-51. 2002..In addition to EBF and Pax-5 binding sites, we detected occupancy of a consensus binding site for E2A proteins (E box) in pre-B cells...
Fusion with E2A converts the Pbx1 homeodomain protein into a constitutive transcriptional activator in human leukemias carrying the t(1;19) translocationQ Lu
Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093
Mol Cell Biol 14:3938-48. 1994b>E2A-PBX1 is a chimeric gene formed by the t(1;19)(q23;p13.3) chromosomal translocation of pediatric pre-B-cell leukemia...
Reactivation of the methylation-inactivated late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 by E1A (13 S) functionsB Weisshaar
Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, West Germany
J Mol Biol 202:255-70. 1988The inactivating effect of sequence-specific promoter methylations was extensively studied by using the late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) DNA...
The adenovirus E4-6/7 protein transactivates the E2 promoter by inducing dimerization of a heteromeric E2F complexS Obert
Department of Microbiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794
Mol Cell Biol 14:1333-46. 1994Binding of the mammalian transcription factor E2F to the adenovirus E2a early promoter is modulated through interaction with the viral E4-6/7 protein...
Clinical features and prognostic implications of TCF3-PBX1 and ETV6-RUNX1 in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemiaThomas Burmeister
Med Klinik für Hämatologie Onkologie Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany
Haematologica 95:241-6. 2010..However, the prognostic impact of other rarer fusion genes is less well established in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia than in the childhood form...
[Correlation of E2a-pbx1 expression level with clinical characteristics and early response to treatment in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia]Chao Gao
Center of Hematology, Beijing Children Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100045, China
Zhongguo Shi Yan Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 16:569-73. 2008This study purposed to investigate the correlation of expression level of e2a-pbx1 (immunoglobulin enhancer binding factor-Pre-B leukemia) with clinical characteristics and early response to treatment in children patients with acute ..
Role of activating transcription factor 3 on TAp73 stability and apoptosis in paclitaxel-treated cervical cancer cellsYeo Kyoung Oh
Center for Biomedical Sciences, NIH, Seoul 122 701, Korea
Mol Cancer Res 6:1232-49. 2008..The investigation shows that ATF3 may function as a tumor-inhibiting factor through direct regulatory effects on TAp73beta, suggesting a functional link between ATF3 and TAp73beta...
E2a-Pbx1 induces aberrant expression of tissue-specific and developmentally regulated genes when expressed in NIH 3T3 fibroblastsX Fu
Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093, USA
Mol Cell Biol 17:1503-12. 1997The E2a-Pbx1 oncoprotein contains the transactivation domain of E2a joined to the DNA-binding homeodomain (HD) of Pbx1. In mice, E2a-Pbx1 transforms T lymphoblasts and fibroblasts and blocks myeloblast differentiation...
The chimeric oncoproteins E2A-PBX1 and E2A-HLF are concentrated within spherical nuclear domainsD P LeBrun
Department of Pathology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Oncogene 15:2059-67. 1997..The leukemogenic transcription factor gene E2A-PBX1 is created through fusion of the genes E2A and PBX1 as a result of t(1;19) in acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
Identification of E2A target genes in B lymphocyte development by using a gene tagging-based chromatin immunoprecipitation systemStephen Greenbaum
Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3010, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:15030-5. 2002The transcription factors encoded by the E2A gene are known to be essential for B lymphocyte development, and ectopic expression or gene inactivation studies have revealed several potential lineage-specific E2A target genes...
Specific factors binding to the late E2A promoter region of adenovirus type 2 DNA: no apparent effects of 5'-CCGG-3' methylationA Hoeveler
Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany
DNA 6:449-60. 1987..g., by the E1 proteins of adenoviruses. We studied the inactivation of the late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) DNA by the methylation of three 5'-CCGG-3' sequences at positions -215, +5, and ..
Activating transcription factor 3: a hormone responsive gene in the etiology of hypospadiasAna Beleza-Meireles
Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, SE 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Endocrinol 158:729-39. 2008..Activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3), an estrogen responsive gene, has been reported to be expressed during sexual development and up-regulated in hypospadic genital skin. We investigated ATF3 as a candidate gene for hypospadias...
Establishment of de novo DNA methylation patterns. Transcription factor binding and deoxycytidine methylation at CpG and non-CpG sequences in an integrated adenovirus promoterM Toth
Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, West Germany
J Mol Biol 214:673-83. 1990..to occur across an entire integrated adenovirus genome as well as at the nucleotide level in the integrated late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2...
Multiple roles for activated LEF/TCF transcription complexes during hair follicle development and differentiationR Dasgupta
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology and Committee on Developmental Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Development 126:4557-68. 1999..TOPGAL expression was directly stimulated by a stabilized form of beta -catenin, but was also dependent upon LEF1/TCF3 in skin...
[A clinical and laboratory study of TCF3-PBX1 positive adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.]Ji Fu Zheng
Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Thrombosis and Hemostasis Key Lab of the Ministry of Health, Suzhou 215006, China
Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue Za Zhi 31:16-20. 2010To explore the morphology, immunophenotype, cytogenetics and clinical features of TCF3-PBX1 fusion gene positive adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Transfer of the CFTR gene to the lung of nonhuman primates with E1-deleted, E2a-defective recombinant adenoviruses: a preclinical toxicology studyM J Goldman
Institute for Human Gene Therapy, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA
Hum Gene Ther 6:839-51. 1995..This second-generation virus is deleted of E1 and contains a temperature-sensitive mutation in the E2a gene, which encodes a defective DNA-binding protein. Two distinct projects were undertaken...
Estradiol upregulates activating transcription factor 3, a candidate gene in the etiology of hypospadiasBenchun Liu
Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Pediatr Dev Pathol 10:446-54. 2007..Its potential involvement in other manifestations of developmental endocrine disruption is worth investigating...
Increased expression of bHLH transcription factor E2A (TCF3) in prostate cancer promotes proliferation and confers resistance to doxorubicin induced apoptosisDivya Patel
Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutics Development, Clark Atlanta University, 223 James P Brawley DR SW, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 422:146-51. 2012E2A (TCF3) is a multifunctional basic helix loop helix (bHLH), transcription factor. E2A regulates transcription of target genes by homo- or heterodimerization with cell specific bHLH proteins...
Potentiated L-type Ca2+ channels rectifyValerie Leuranguer
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
J Gen Physiol 121:541-50. 2003..alpha1C and two constructs bearing mutations in conserved glutamates in the pore regions of repeats II and IV (E2A/E4A-alpha1C) or repeat III (E3K-alpha1C)...
Prognostically significant fusion oncogenes in Pakistani patients with adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia and their association with disease biology and outcomeNoreen Sabir
Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 13:3349-55. 2012..Five major risk stratifying fusion genes in ALL are BCR-ABL, MLL-AF4, ETV6-RUNX11, E2A-PBX1 and SIL-TAL1...
Multiple, distinct trans-activation functions are encoded by the simian virus 40 large T and small t antigens, only some of which require the 82-residue amino-terminal common domainM R Loeken
Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts
J Virol 67:7684-9. 1993Simian virus 40 (SV40) small t and large T antigens can each trans activate the adenovirus (Ad) E2A and the Ad VA-I promoters. The first 82 amino acids of large T and small t are identical...
Negative regulation of TLR-signaling pathways by activating transcription factor-3Mark M Whitmore
Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
J Immunol 179:3622-30. 2007..ATF3 dysregulation merits further exploration in diseases such as type I diabetes and cancer, where altered innate immunity has been implicated in their pathogenesis...
Sequence of the cDNA encoding ITF-1, a positive-acting transcription factorP Henthorn
Department of Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6145
Nucleic Acids Res 18:677. 1990
Acquisition of a functional T cell receptor during T lymphocyte development is enforced by HEB and E2A transcription factorsMary Elizabeth Jones
Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3010, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Immunity 27:860-70. 2007..We have shown here that the structurally and functionally related transcription factors HEB and E2A work together to maintain DP fate and to control the DP to SP transition...
Cyclic AMP induction of early adenovirus promoters involves sequences required for E1A trans-activationP Sassone-Corsi
Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Salk Institute, San Diego, CA 92138
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 85:7192-6. 1988..The mechanism by which E1A elicits its activity is still unknown. In this report, I show that the adenovirus E2a and E3 promoters are cAMP inducible in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells and that this activation requires the ..
HDAC2 controls IgM H- and L-chain gene expressions via EBF1, Pax5, Ikaros, Aiolos and E2A gene expressionsMasami Nakayama
Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200, Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889 1692, Japan
Genes Cells 12:359-73. 2007..expressions for HDAC7, EBF1, Pax5, Aiolos and Ikaros, and elevations of gene expressions for HDAC4, HDAC5, PCAF and E2A, but also that it caused altered acetylation levels of several Lys residues of core histones...
The topology of the promoter of RNA polymerase II- and III-transcribed genes is modified by the methylation of 5'-CG-3' dinucleotidesI Muiznieks
Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany
Nucleic Acids Res 22:2568-75. 1994..We have investigated changes in DNA bending in three naturally occurring DNA elements, the late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) DNA, one of our main model systems, the VAI (virus-associated) RNA gene of Ad2 ..
Protein kinase A-dependent transactivation by the E2A-Pbx1 fusion proteinA Ogo
Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 0146, USA
J Biol Chem 270:25340-3. 1995The chimeric gene E2A-PBX1 is formed by the t(1;19) chromosomal translocation exclusively associated with pediatric pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pre-B ALL)...
Runt-related transcription factor 3 expression in human oral squamous cell carcinomas; implication for tumor progression and prognosisYoshiyuki Tanji
Division of Organ Pathology, Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago 683 8503, Japan
Oral Oncol 43:88-94. 2007..05). These results indicate that the expression of RUNX3 is correlated with histological differentiation, and inversely with cellular proliferation of the oral SCCs, and might be a new prognostic marker in the patients with oral SCC...
A cellular protein, activating transcription factor, activates transcription of multiple E1A-inducible adenovirus early promotersK A Lee
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 84:8355-9. 1987..Factors previously referred to as E4F1 and E2A-EF bind to the E4 and E2A promoters, respectively...
E2a/Pbx1 oncogene inhibits terminal differentiation but not myeloid potential of pro-T cellsR P Bourette
Centre de Genetique Moleculaire et Cellulaire, UMR CNRS 5534, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Oncogene 26:234-47. 2007b>E2a/Pbx1 is a fusion oncoprotein resulting from the t(1;19) translocation found in human pre-B acute lymphocytic leukemia and in a small number of acute T-lymphoid and myeloid leukemias...
Overexpression of E2A proteins induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells suggesting a potential role in renal fibrosisCraig Slattery
UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
FEBS Lett 580:4021-30. 2006..b>E2A transcription factors were identified as being upregulated by CsA treatment...
The Id3/E47 axis mediates cell-cycle control in human pancreatic ducts and adenocarcinomaSeung Hee Lee
Department of Pediatrics, Universityof California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Mol Cancer Res 9:782-90. 2011..progression in PDA cells was impeded by siRNA-mediated depletion of Id3 or overexpression of the bHLH protein E47. The precursors of human PDA are normally quiescent duct cells which do not proliferate in response to high serum ..
The transcription factors E2A and HEB act in concert to induce the expression of FOXO1 in the common lymphoid progenitorEva Welinder
Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:17402-7. 2011..lymphocyte development in HEB-ablated mice exhibits a partial developmental arrest, whereas B-cell development in E2A(+/-)HEB(-/-) mice is completely blocked at the LY6D(-) common lymphoid progenitor stage...
Identification and molecular cloning of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) transcript and its induction in spleen following intraperitoneal polyriboinosinic polyribocytidylic acid injectionCharles Y Feng
Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John s, NL, Canada
Fish Shellfish Immunol 31:475-81. 2011..88-fold) than its time-matched saline-injected control. Collectively, these results suggest that ATF3 may be involved in the modulation of innate anti-viral response in Atlantic cod...
Phosphorylation of TCF proteins by homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2Hiroki Hikasa
Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
J Biol Chem 286:12093-100. 2011..We show that the TCF family members LEF1, TCF4, and TCF3 are phosphorylated in embryonic ectoderm after Wnt8 stimulation and HIPK2 overexpression...
E proteins and the regulation of early lymphocyte developmentRenee F de Pooter
Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Immunol Rev 238:93-109. 2010..E proteins are an important factor during lymphopoiesis, and E2A in particular is required for normal T- and B-cell development...
Regulation of TCF3 by Wnt-dependent phosphorylation during vertebrate axis specificationHiroki Hikasa
Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Dev Cell 19:521-32. 2010..b>TCF3 is a transcriptional repressor that has been implicated in Wnt signaling and plays key roles in embryonic axis ..
E2A-positive gastric MALT lymphoma has weaker plasmacytoid infiltrates and stronger expression of the memory B-cell-associated miR-223: possible correlation with stage and treatment responseTing Yun Liu
Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Mod Pathol 23:1507-17. 2010..Normal memory B cells do not express markers of germinal-center B cells, such as E2A (immunoglobulin enhancer-binding factor E12/E47), B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma 6 (BCL6), or ..
MDM2 mediates ubiquitination and degradation of activating transcription factor 3Pingli Mo
Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208, USA
J Biol Chem 285:26908-15. 2010..Therefore, we provide the first evidence demonstrating that ATF3 is regulated by a posttranslational mechanism...
Research Grants
- Targeting Leukemia causing oncogene E2a-Pbx1 with synthetic moleculesAseem Z Ansari; Fiscal Year: 2010..A major goal of this proposal is to define the DNA regulatory sites of two oncogenic transcription factors, E2a- Pbx1 and HoxA9...
- FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN LEUKEMIA GENE E2A-PBX1Mark Kamps; Fiscal Year: 2000..characterized by t (1:19) translocation, causing the fusion of the amino terminal segment of transcription factor E2A and a carboxyl terminal segment of PBX1...
- Il-7 receptor signaling in lymphopoiesisMotonari Kondo; Fiscal Year: 2009..which is necessary for B cell specification and commitment along with other B cell transcription factors, such as E2A, P11.1, and Pax5...
- REGULATION OF HEPATIC P450S BY ANTICHOLESTEROL DRUGSTHOMAS KOCAREK; Fiscal Year: 2003..These studies will provide information with practical implications for the development of improved anti-cholesterol drugs, and will illuminate mechanisms whereby a cell recognizes, responds to, and metabolizes foreign chemicals. ..
- PPAR-gamma Signaling in Normal Pilosebaceous Units and in Scarring AlopeciaPratima Karnik; Fiscal Year: 2010..We show that the expression of stem cell markers (LGR5, LHX2, SOX9, TCF3) is decreased and that cytokines, growth factors and tissue remodeling genes are upregulated in LPP and in the PPAR ..
- E PROTEIN AND B CELL DIFFERENTIATIONCornelis Murre; Fiscal Year: 2007..In particular we would investigate the relationship involving E2A, EBF and Pax-5 in early B lineage development...
- Molecular Events Initiating B Cell Fate DeterminationKAY LYNN MEDINA; Fiscal Year: 2010..Flt3 signaling, in a ligand-dose dependent fashion, regulates the activity of the primary B cell fate determinant, E2A, a key regulator of the EBF gene. Once expressed, EBF orchestrates B cell differentiation...
- Skin Stem Cells: Purification and CharacterizationElaine Fuchs; Fiscal Year: 2009..We showed that HF-SCs express a group of transcription factors-- Sox9, Lhx2, NFATc1 & Tcf3/4--which basal IFE SCs do not, and we used these markers to trace the origins of HF-SCs to embryogenesis...
- Skin Stem Cells: Purification and CharacterizationElaine Fuchs; Fiscal Year: 2010..We showed that HF-SCs express a group of transcription factors-- Sox9, Lhx2, NFATc1 &Tcf3/4--which basal IFE SCs do not, and we used these markers to trace the origins of HF-SCs to embryogenesis...
- ROLE OF PBX AND PRE B ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTOID LEUKEMIACornelis Murre; Fiscal Year: 2004..in pre-B ALL, the pbx-1 N-terminal domain has been replaced with a transactivation domain derived from E2A, normally a helix-loop-helix protein...
- Pre-B cell receptor signaling in acute lymphoblastic leukemiaMARKUS MUSCHEN; Fiscal Year: 2010..studies for this proposal on 148 cases of pre-B cell-derived human ALL, we found that ALL cells carrying an E2A-PBX1- or MYC- gene rearrangement are -like normal pre-B cells- highly selected for the expression of a functional ..
- Notch-induced protein degradation in lymphopoiesisXiao Hong Sun; Fiscal Year: 2010..e. Notch ligation results in degradation of the E2A transcription factor...
- Notch-induced protein degradation in lymphopoiesisXiao Hong Sun; Fiscal Year: 2010..e. Notch ligation results in degradation of the E2A transcription factor...
- Leukemogenic Slug Pathway in Hematopoietic Cell SurvivalA Look; Fiscal Year: 2007..that Slug, an antiapoptotic transcription factor that is aberrantly upregulated in leukemias that express the E2A-HLF oncoprotein, functions in vivo to protect hematopoietic progenitor cells from apoptosis induced by gamma-..
- Atherogenic mechanism of lipid peroxidation-derived aldehydesSanjay Srivastava; Fiscal Year: 2010..Results obtained from this project will help in developing a better understanding, and potentially, novel therapeutic strategies for decreasing or managing atherosclerosis. ..
- Wnt Signaling in Xenopus Embryonic DevelopmentSergei Y Sokol; Fiscal Year: 2010..The proposal focuses on the analysis of specific Wnt-dependent phosphorylation of TCF3, a transcriptional repressor, identified in preliminary studies...
- Molecular Pathways to T-Lineage CommitmentCornelis Murre; Fiscal Year: 2009..Recently we have isolated E2A-deficient hematopoietic progenitor cells that can be grown long term in vitro...
- Rapid protein crystallization by surface mutagenesisZygmunt Derewenda; Fiscal Year: 2004..Dissociation Inhibitor), the LH domain from PDZ-RhoGEF, and the BH domain from GRAF, show that K2A (Lys to Ala) and E2A (Glu to Ala) single and multiple mutants crystallize much more readily than wild-type protein...
- Immunotherapy of CLL with lentiviral expressed CD40-ligandBoro Dropulic; Fiscal Year: 2006..All vectors will contain the Drosophila melanogaster dNK-B10 gene using the E2A cleavage peptide sequence which will increase vector's safety...
- Regulation of Immunoglobulin Class Switch in Aged MiceBonnie Blomberg; Fiscal Year: 2007..preliminary data to establish the intrinsic splenic B cell defect in Ig class switch in aged BALB/c, C57BL/6 and E2A+/- mice...
- DEVELOPMENTAL CONTROL OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN TRANSCRIPTIONMichael Atchison; Fiscal Year: 2001..The transcription factors PU.1, PIP, E2A, c-fos, c-jun, ATF1, and CREM bind to the central 132 basepair core of the enhancer...
- ALTERED SENSIBILITY FOLLOWING PERIPHERAL NERVE DAMAGEClifford J Woolf; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- REGULATION OF EPIDERMAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENTIATIONElaine Fuchs; Fiscal Year: 2009..Wnt signals are also detected postnatally, when multipotent stem cells (Tcf3+) in the follicle are activated to initiate a new hair cycle...
