Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4): What we currently know

AM Ghaleb, VW Yang - Gene, 2017 - Elsevier
Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is an evolutionarily conserved zinc finger-containing
transcription factor that regulates diverse cellular processes such as cell growth …

Breast cancer stem cells, heterogeneity, targeting therapies and therapeutic implications

X Zeng, C Liu, J Yao, H Wan, G Wan, Y Li… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Both hereditary and sporadic breast cancer are suggested to develop from a stem cell
subcomponent retaining most key stem cell properties but with dysregulation of self-renewal …

Mammalian Krüppel-like factors in health and diseases

BB McConnell, VW Yang - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The Krüppel-like factor (KLF) family of transcription factors regulates diverse biological
processes that include proliferation, differentiation, growth, development, survival, and …

Sp1-and Krüppel-like transcription factors

J Kaczynski, T Cook, R Urrutia - Genome biology, 2003 - Springer
Sp1-like proteins and Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) are highly related zinc-finger proteins that
are important components of the eukaryotic cellular transcriptional machinery. By regulating …

Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is required for maintenance of breast cancer stem cells and for cell migration and invasion

F Yu, J Li, H Chen, J Fu, S Ray, S Huang, H Zheng… - Oncogene, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is highly expressed in more than 70% of breast cancers
and functions as an oncogene. However, an exact mechanism by which KLF4 enhances …

Sp1 and krüppel‐like factor family of transcription factors in cell growth regulation and cancer

AR Black, JD Black… - Journal of cellular …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The Sp/KLF family contains at least twenty identi® ed members which include Sp1-4 and
numerous kruÈppel-like factors. Members of the family bind with varying af® nities to …

Relevance of breast cancer cell lines as models for breast tumours: an update

M Lacroix, G Leclercq - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2004 - Springer
The number of available breast cancer cell (BCC) lines is small, and only a very few of them
have been extensively studied. Whether they are representative of the tumours from which …

A small-molecule inhibitor of Tgf-β signaling replaces Sox2 in reprogramming by inducing Nanog

JK Ichida, J Blanchard, K Lam, EY Son, JE Chung… - Cell stem cell, 2009 - cell.com
The combined activity of three transcription factors can reprogram adult cells into induced
pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). However, the transgenic methods used for delivering …

Strategies and new developments in the generation of patient-specific pluripotent stem cells

S Yamanaka - Cell stem cell, 2007 - cell.com
Generating pluripotent stem cells directly from cells obtained from patients is one of the
ultimate goals in regenerative medicine. Two" reprogramming" strategies for the generation …

The KLF4 tumour suppressor is a transcriptional repressor of p53 that acts as a context-dependent oncogene

BD Rowland, R Bernards, DS Peeper - Nature cell biology, 2005 - nature.com
Abstract KLF4 (GKLF/EZF) encodes a transcription factor that is associated with both tumour
suppression and oncogenesis. We describe the identification of KLF4 in a functional …