Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor
"Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factor that regulates the CELL DIFFERENTIATION and development of a variety of cell types including MELANOCYTES; OSTEOCLASTS; and RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM. Mutations in MITF protein have been associated with OSTEOPETROSIS and WAARDENBURG SYNDROME.
| Descriptor ID |
D051739
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.260.103.500.500 D12.776.260.108.092.500 D12.776.930.125.500.500 D12.776.930.127.092.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor- Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor
- Microphthalmia Associated Transcription Factor
- Transcription Factor, Microphthalmia-Associated
- MITF Transcription Factor
- Transcription Factor Microphthalmia
- Microphthalmia, Transcription Factor
- MITF Protein
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor" by people in Profiles.
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Asrani K, Murali S, Lam B, Na CH, Phatak P, Sood A, Kaur H, Khan Z, No? M, Anchoori RK, Talbot CC, Smith B, Skaro M, Lotan TL. mTORC1 feedback to AKT modulates lysosomal biogenesis through MiT/TFE regulation. J Clin Invest. 2019 12 02; 129(12):5584-5599.
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Lin DC, Xu L, Ding LW, Sharma A, Liu LZ, Yang H, Tan P, Vadgama J, Karlan BY, Lester J, Urban N, Schummer M, Doan N, Said JW, Sun H, Walsh M, Thomas CJ, Patel P, Yin D, Chan D, Koeffler HP. Genomic and functional characterizations of phosphodiesterase subtype 4D in human cancers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 09; 110(15):6109-14.