Proteolysis‐inducing factor regulates hepatic gene expression via the transcription factors NF‐κΒ and STAT3
Open Access
- 19 January 2001
- journal article
- fj express-summary
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 15 (3) , 562-564
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.00-0534fje
Abstract
A novel protein, proteolysis-inducing factor (PIF), has been isolated from the urine of patients with pancreatic cancer and is capable of inducing muscle proteolysis in vitro. Only adult skeletal mus...Keywords
Funding Information
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
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