KMID : 0624620080410100705
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BMB Reports 2008 Volume.41 No. 10 p.705 ~ p.709
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Upregulation of NF-¥êB upon differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells
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Kim Young-Eun
Kang Ho-Bum Park Jeong-A Nam Ki-Hoan Kwon Hyung-Joo Lee Young-Hee
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Abstract
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NF-¥êB is a transcriptional regulator involved in many biological processes including proliferation, survival, and differentiation. Recently, we reported that expression and activity of NF-¥êB is comparatively low in undifferentiated human embryonic stem (ES) cells, but increases during differentiation. Here, we found a lower expression of NF-¥êB p65 protein in mouse ES cells when compared with mouse embryonic fibroblast cells. Protein levels of NF-¥êB p65 and relB were clearly enhanced during retinoic acid-induced differentiation. Furthermore, increased DNA binding activity of NF-¥êB in response to TNF-¥á, an agonist of NF-¥êB signaling, was seen in differentiated but not undifferentiated mouse ES cells. Taken together with our previous data in human ES cells, it is likely that NF-¥êB expression and activity of the NF-¥êB signaling pathway is comparatively low in undifferentiated ES cells, but increases during differentiation of ES cells in general.
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KEYWORD
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Differentiation, Embryonic stem cells, Expression, NF-¥êB, Upregulation
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