Chemicals and Drugs

Hepatocyte Nuclear Factors

Hepatocyte nuclear factors are a family of evolutionarily conserved transcription factors that are preferentially expressed in HEPATOCYTES. They play important roles in liver-specific transcription and are critical for CELL DIFFERENTIATION and METABOLISM.

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Hepatocyte nuclear factors are a family of evolutionarily conserved transcription factors that are preferentially expressed in HEPATOCYTES. They play important roles in liver-specific transcription and are critical for CELL DIFFERENTIATION and METABOLISM.

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  • Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor
  • Factor, Hepatocyte Nuclear
  • Nuclear Factor, Hepatocyte

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2006

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hepatocyte Nuclear Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051536. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051536
  2. Hepatocyte Nuclear Factors. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatocyte_nuclear_factors
  3. Hepatocyte Nuclear Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5731779