Health Dictionary
Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.
NKX6-1
Introduction
Homeobox protein Nkx-6.1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NKX6-1 gene.[1][2]
Function
Function
In the pancreas, NKX6.1 is required for the development of beta cells and is a potent bifunctional transcription regulator that binds to AT-rich sequences within the promoter region of target genes.[2]
References
References
- ↑ Inoue H, Rudnick A, German MS, Veile R, Donis-Keller H, Permutt MA (March 1997). “Isolation, characterization, and chromosomal mapping of the human Nkx6.1 gene (NKX6A), a new pancreatic islet homeobox gene”. Genomics. 40 (2): 367–70. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4568. PMID 9119408.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: NK6 homeobox 1”.
Further reading
Further reading
- Schisler JC, Fueger PT, Babu DA, et al. (2008). “Stimulation of human and rat islet beta-cell proliferation with retention of function by the homeodomain transcription factor Nkx6.1”. Mol. Cell. Biol. 28 (10): 3465–76. doi:10.1128/MCB.01791-07. PMC 2423154. PMID 18347054.
- Hori Y, Gu X, Xie X, Kim SK (2005). “Differentiation of insulin-producing cells from human neural progenitor cells”. PLoS Med. 2 (4): e103. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020103. PMCÂ 1087208. PMIDÂ 15839736.
- Jørgensen MC, VestergÃrd Petersen H, Ericson J, et al. (1999). “Cloning and DNA-binding properties of the rat pancreatic beta-cell-specific factor Nkx6.1”. FEBS Lett. 461 (3): 287–94. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01436-2. PMID 10567713.
- Iype T, Taylor DG, Ziesmann SM, et al. (2004). “The transcriptional repressor Nkx6.1 also functions as a deoxyribonucleic acid context-dependent transcriptional activator during pancreatic beta-cell differentiation: evidence for feedback activation of the nkx6.1 gene by Nkx6.1”. Mol. Endocrinol. 18 (6): 1363–75. doi:10.1210/me.2004-0006. PMID 15056733.
- Yokoi N, Kanamori M, Horikawa Y, et al. (2006). “Association studies of variants in the genes involved in pancreatic beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes in Japanese subjects”. Diabetes. 55 (8): 2379–86. doi:10.2337/db05-1203. PMID 16873704.
- Zhu S, Xia HH, Yang Y, et al. (2009). “Alterations of gastric homeoprotein expression in Helicobacter pylori infection, incisural antralisation, and intestinal metaplasia”. Dig. Dis. Sci. 54 (5): 996–1002. doi:10.1007/s10620-008-0459-8. PMID 18754095.
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.