Polymorphisms in NKX2-3 gene have been inconsistently associated with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). To generate large-scale evidence on whether NKX2-3 polymorphisms are associated with CD or UC susceptibility we have conducted a meta-analysis of 17 studies involving 17329 patients and 18029 controls. A significantly increased CD or UC risk was observed in persons carrying a ...

Previous work has demonstrated that the character of mouse cortical interneuron subtypes can be directly related to their embryonic temporal and spatial origins. The relationship between embryonic origin and the character of mature interneurons is likely reflected by the developmental expression of genes that direct cell fate. However, a thorough understanding of the early genetic events that s...

In this issue of Cell, the Calmodulin binding transcription activator 2 (CAMTA2), is shown by Song et al. (2006) to be an indispensable transcription coactivator for cardiac hypertrophy. CAMTA2 is activated by the dissociation of class II histone deacetylase 5 and promotes transcription of genes involved in cardiac hypertrophy through its interaction with Nkx2-5.

Protein Description 324 amino acids; 35-38 kDa, depending on phosphorylation status; contains one TN domain (residues 10-21), one homeodomain (residues 138197), and one NK2 domain (residues 212-234). Expression Expression is mainly restricted to the heart. But during embryogenesis NKX2-5 expression has also been detected in spleen-precursor cells. Localisation Cytoplasmatic and nuclear, probabl...

BACKGROUND Radon and arsenic are established pulmonary carcinogens. We investigated the association of cumulative exposure to these carcinogens with NOTCH1, HIF1A and other cancer-specific proteins in lung tissue from uranium miners. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Paraffin-embedded tissue of 147 miners was randomly selected from an autopsy repository by type of lung tissue, comprising adenoca...

Hibernation is an adaptive strategy used by various mammals to survive the winter under situations of low ambient temperatures and limited or no food availability. The heart of hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) has the remarkable ability to descend to low, near 0°C temperatures without falling into cardiac arrest. We hypothesized that the transcription fac...

PURPOSE Targeting subclinical disease in the bone marrow is particularly relevant in metastatic Ewing family tumors (EFT) where cure is difficult. Genome-wide expression arrays can uncover novel genes differentially expressed in tumors over normal marrow/blood, which may have potentials as markers of subclinical disease. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Gene expression array data were obtained on 28 EFT t...