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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2003

Upstream stimulatory factors are mediators of Ca2+-responsive transcription in neurons.

Wen G Chen, Anne E West, Xu Tao, Gabriel Corfas, Marilyn N Szentirmay, Michele Sawadogo, Charles Vinson, Michael E Greenberg

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. From Gene to Behavior: L-Type Calcium Channel Mechanisms Underlying Neuropsychiatric Symptoms.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wen G ChenProgram in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Anne E West
Xu Tao
Gabriel Corfas
Marilyn N Szentirmay
Michele Sawadogo
Charles Vinson
Michael E Greenberg
Harvard University · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USBoston Children's Hospital · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTOGENESISP30HD018655 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI POMEROY, SCOTT LOREN · 1985 to 2015
$26.2M
Gene Regulation and Function: The B-ZIP ProteinsZIABC005271 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI VINSON, CHARLES · 2009 to 2019
$11.2M
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF IMMEDIATE EARLY GENESR37NS028829 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI GREENBERG, MICHAEL ELDON · 1999 to 2019
$7.4M
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF IMMEDIATE GENESR01NS028829 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI GREENBERG, MICHAEL ELDON · 1990 to 2024
$6.2M
GENE REGULATION AND FUNCTION: THE B-ZIP PROTEINSZ01BC005271 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI VINSON, CHARLES · 1996 to 2008
$2.0M
CONFERENCE ON ENDOTHELIUMR13CA079579 · NCI · KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA · PI SILVERSTEIN, SAMUEL CHARLES · 1998 to 1998
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NCI NIH HHS CA79579NICHD NIH HHS HD18655NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD018655NINDS NIH HHS NS28829-07NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS028829NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS028829
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To identify molecular mechanisms that control activity-dependent gene expression in the CNS, we have characterized the factors that mediate activity-dependent transcription of BDNF promoter III. We report the identification of a Ca(2+)-responsive E-box element, CaRE2, within BDNF promoter III that binds upstream stimulatory factors 1 and 2 (USF1/2) and show that USFs are required for the activation of CaRE2-dependent transcription from BDNF promoter III. We find that the transcriptional activity of the USFs is regulated by Ca(2+)-activated signaling pathways in neurons and that the USFs bind to the promoters of a number of neuronal activity-regulated genes in vivo. These results suggest a new function for the USFs in the regulation of activity-dependent transcription in neurons.

Indexed as

Calcium SignalingTranscriptional ActivationAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCalcium Channels, L-TypeCells, CulturedCentral Nervous SystemCloning, MolecularDNA-Binding ProteinsExonsMiceNeuronsPromoter Regions, GeneticRatsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCalcium Channels, L-TypeDNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsUpstream Stimulatory FactorsUsf1 protein, mouseUsf1 protein, rat

Identifiers

PMID12684442
PMCPMC6742056
OpenAlexW1918776755

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