Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4): What we currently know

AM Ghaleb, VW Yang - Gene, 2017 - Elsevier
Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is an evolutionarily conserved zinc finger-containing
transcription factor that regulates diverse cellular processes such as cell growth …

Mammalian Krüppel-like factors in health and diseases

BB McConnell, VW Yang - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The Krüppel-like factor (KLF) family of transcription factors regulates diverse biological
processes that include proliferation, differentiation, growth, development, survival, and …

Cancer stem cells, cancer cell plasticity and radiation therapy

E Vlashi, F Pajonk - Seminars in cancer biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Since the first prospective identification of cancer stem cells in solid cancers the cancer stem
cell hypothesis has reemerged as a research topic of increasing interest. It postulates that …

System-wide temporal characterization of the proteome and phosphoproteome of human embryonic stem cell differentiation

KTG Rigbolt, TA Prokhorova, V Akimov… - Science …, 2011 - science.org
To elucidate cellular events underlying the pluripotency of human embryonic stem cells
(hESCs), we performed parallel quantitative proteomic and phosphoproteomic analyses of …

The KLF4 tumour suppressor is a transcriptional repressor of p53 that acts as a context-dependent oncogene

BD Rowland, R Bernards, DS Peeper - Nature cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Abstract KLF4 (GKLF/EZF) encodes a transcription factor that is associated with both tumour
suppression and oncogenesis. We describe the identification of KLF4 in a functional …

KLF4, p21 and context-dependent opposing forces in cancer

BD Rowland, DS Peeper - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2006 - nature.com
Krüppel-like factors are transcriptional regulators that influence several cellular functions,
including proliferation. Recent studies have shown that one family member, KLF4, can …

Transcriptional regulation of adipogenesis by KLF4

K Birsoy, Z Chen, J Friedman - Cell metabolism, 2008 - cell.com
While adipogenesis is known to be controlled by a complex network of transcription factors,
less is known about the transcriptional cascade that initiates this process. We report here the …

Altered permeability in inflammatory bowel disease: pathophysiology and clinical implications

J Mankertz, JD Schulzke - Current opinion in gastroenterology, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Barrier dysfunction in inflammatory bowel disease contributes to diarrhea by a leak flux
mechanism and can cause mucosal inflammation secondary to luminal antigen uptake …

Krüppel-like factors 4 and 5: the yin and yang regulators of cellular proliferation

AM Ghaleb, MO Nandan, S Chanchevalap, WB Dalton… - Cell research, 2005 - nature.com
Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) are evolutionarily conserved zinc finger-containing transcription
factors with diverse regulatory functions in cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and …

Drastic down-regulation of Kruppel-like factor 4 expression is critical in human gastric cancer development and progression

D Wei, W Gong, M Kanai, C Schlunk, L Wang, JC Yao… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is highly expressed in epithelial tissues such as the gut and
skin. However, the role of KLF4 in human gastric cancer development and progression is …