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SUBMITTER: Das H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1458936 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Das Hiranmoy H Kumar Ajay A Lin Zhiyong Z Patino Willmar D WD Hwang Paul M PM Feinberg Mark W MW Majumder Pradip K PK Jain Mukesh K MK
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060414 17
The mechanisms regulating activation of monocytes remain incompletely understood. Herein we provide evidence that Kruppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) inhibits proinflammatory activation of monocytes. In vitro, KLF2 expression in monocytes is reduced by cytokine activation or differentiation. Consistent with this observation, KLF2 expression in circulating monocytes is reduced in patients with chronic inflammatory conditions such as coronary artery disease. Adenoviral overexpression of KLF2 inhibits the ...[more]