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The first of these examples is the OxyR transcription factor, which upregulates peroxide defenses in
TGF-β upregulates α-smooth muscle actin gene transcription [ 38 ] . Since we identified significant α-smooth muscle actin expression in our model and this coincided with the expression of TGF-β, it is possible that TGF-β mediates α-smooth muscle actin expression in our model.
Additionally, C-reactive protein reduces endothelial nitric oxide synthase, upregulates the proatherosclerotic NF-κB pathway, enhances low-density lipoprotein (LDL) uptake by macrophages, which become foam cells, and facilitates T-cell- and complement-mediated destruction and apoptosis of the endothelium [2,26,29–31].
Ming Li and his colleagues at the University of Texas in San Antonio, Texas, are studying nicotine's effects on weight and on expression of genes that nicotine upregulates orexin and neuropeptide Y and, more recently, that it also regulates leptin signaling.
For instance, exposure of fibroblast-like marrow MSCs in vitro to optimal concentrations of dexamethasone, ascorbic acid and β-glycerophosphate induces a cuboidal morphology, upregulates AP and osteocalcin expression, and a mineralized (hydroxyapatite) matrix [ 20].