Abstract
The basic Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) proteins represent a well-known class of transcriptional regulators. Many bHLH proteins act as heterodimers with members of a class of ubiquitous partners, the E proteins. A widely expressed class of inhibitory heterodimer partners-the Inhibitor of DNA-binding (ID) proteins-also exists. Genetic and molecular analyses in humans and in knockout mice implicate E proteins and ID proteins in a wide variety of diseases, belying the notion that they are non-specific partner proteins. Here, we explore relationships of E proteins and ID proteins to a variety of disease processes and highlight gaps in knowledge of disease mechanisms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 269-280 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Developmental cell |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 9 2015 |
Keywords
- Arterial vascular disease
- Atherosclerosis
- Cell-cycle regulation
- Cellular senescence
- Congenital hydronephrosis
- Development
- Diabetes
- Differentiation
- Disease
- E protein
- Fuchs corneal dystrophy
- Helix-Loop-Helix protein
- ID protein
- Mammary gland
- Neuronal morphogenesis
- Osteoporosis
- Parkinson's disease
- Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Rett syndrome
- Schizophrenia
- Sertoli cell
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Trophoblast
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Developmental Biology
- Cell Biology