currently used therapeutic drugs, yet the mechanisms that control CYP3A4 basal expression
in liver are poorly understood. Several putative binding sites for CCAAT/enhancer-binding
protein (C/EBP) and hepatic nuclear factor 3 (HNF-3) were found by computer analysis in
CYP3A4 promoter. The use of reporter gene assays, electrophoretic mobility shift assays,
and site-directed mutagenesis revealed that one proximal and two distal C/EBPα binding …