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ArticleCellular immunology

KLF6 and iNOS regulates apoptosis during respiratory syncytial virus infection.

Victoria Mgbemena, Jesus Segovia, Te-Hung Chang, Santanu Bose

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Article in Cellular immunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Programmed cell death in human respiratory syncytial virus infection.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  10. Alveolar Macrophages Treated WithFrontiers in microbiology · 2019
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  15. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) regulatory region variation in non-human primates.Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria MgbemenaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, United States.
Jesus Segovia
Te-Hung Chang
Santanu Bose
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

TISSUE CULTURE---COREP30CA054174 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Lei Zheng · 1991 to 2026
$59.1M
INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATION OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE: A PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE HEALTHUL1RR025767 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A · 2008 to 2011
$23.8M
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve HealthUL1TR001120 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A, HARGREAVES, KENNETH M · 2013 to 2017
$16.5M
Institutional Research Training GrantT32DE014318 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Kenneth M Hargreaves · 2002 to 2026
$12.1M
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve HealthUL1TR000149 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARK, ROBERT A · 2012 to 2013
$6.8M
Molecular and cellular mechanism regulating innate immunity and inflammation during pattern recognition receptor activation and respiratory virus infectionR01AI083387 · NIAID · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BOSE, SANTANU · 2010 to 2021
$3.1M
NCATS NIH HHS 8UL1 TR000149NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000149NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001120NCI NIH HHS P30 CA054174NCI NIH HHS P30 CA54174NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR025767NCRR NIH HHS UL1RR025767NIAID NIH HHS AI083387NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083387NIDCR NIH HHS DE14318NIDCR NIH HHS T32 DE014318
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a highly pathogenic lung-tropic virus that causes severe respiratory diseases. Enzymatic activity of inducible nitric oxide (iNOS) is required for NO generation. Although NO contributes to exaggerated lung disease during RSV infection, the role of NO in apoptosis during infection is not known. In addition, host trans-activator(s) required for iNOS gene expression during RSV infection is unknown. In the current study we have uncovered the mechanism of iNOS gene induction by identifying kruppel-like factor 6 (KLF6) as a critical transcription factor required for iNOS gene expression during RSV infection. Furthermore, we have also uncovered the role of iNOS as a critical host factor regulating apoptosis during RSV infection.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisChromatin ImmunoprecipitationHumansKruppel-Like Factor 6Kruppel-Like Transcription FactorsMiceNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIProto-Oncogene ProteinsRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTranscriptional ActivationKLF6 protein, humanKruppel-Like Factor 6Kruppel-Like Transcription FactorsNitric Oxide Synthase Type IINOS2 protein, humanProto-Oncogene ProteinsApoptosisBMDMsbone marrow-derived macrophagesChIPchromatin immuno-precipitationinducible nitric oxide synthaseInducible nitric oxide synthaseiNOSKLF6knock-outKOkruppel-like factor 6Kruppel-like factor 6L-NILN(6)-(1-iminoethyl)-l-lysine dihydrochloridenitric oxideNitric oxideNOrespiratory syncytial virusRespiratory syncytial virusRSVTranscription factorwild typeWT

Identifiers

PMID23831683
PMCPMC3744625
OpenAlexW2092504209

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