Gene Review:
Epas1 - endothelial PAS domain protein 1
Mus musculus
Synonyms:
EPAS-1, Endothelial PAS domain-containing protein 1, HIF-1-alpha-like factor, HIF-2-alpha, HIF-2alpha, ...
- HLF/HIF-2alpha is a key factor in retinopathy of prematurity in association with erythropoietin. Morita, M., Ohneda, O., Yamashita, T., Takahashi, S., Suzuki, N., Nakajima, O., Kawauchi, S., Ema, M., Shibahara, S., Udono, T., Tomita, K., Tamai, M., Sogawa, K., Yamamoto, M., Fujii-Kuriyama, Y. EMBO J. (2003)
- HIF-2alpha regulates murine hematopoietic development in an erythropoietin-dependent manner. Scortegagna, M., Ding, K., Zhang, Q., Oktay, Y., Bennett, M.J., Bennett, M., Shelton, J.M., Richardson, J.A., Moe, O., Garcia, J.A. Blood (2005)
- Multiple organ pathology, metabolic abnormalities and impaired homeostasis of reactive oxygen species in Epas1-/- mice. Scortegagna, M., Ding, K., Oktay, Y., Gaur, A., Thurmond, F., Yan, L.J., Marck, B.T., Matsumoto, A.M., Shelton, J.M., Richardson, J.A., Bennett, M.J., Garcia, J.A. Nat. Genet. (2003)
- HIF-2alpha regulates Oct-4: effects of hypoxia on stem cell function, embryonic development, and tumor growth. Covello, K.L., Kehler, J., Yu, H., Gordan, J.D., Arsham, A.M., Hu, C.J., Labosky, P.A., Simon, M.C., Keith, B. Genes Dev. (2006)
- The transcriptional activation function of the HIF-like factor requires phosphorylation at a conserved threonine. Gradin, K., Takasaki, C., Fujii-Kuriyama, Y., Sogawa, K. J. Biol. Chem. (2002)
- Role of prolyl hydroxylation in oncogenically stabilized hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha. Chan, D.A., Sutphin, P.D., Denko, N.C., Giaccia, A.J. J. Biol. Chem. (2002)
- Transcriptional regulation of the hypoxia inducible factor-2alpha (HIF-2alpha) gene during adipose differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells. Wada, T., Shimba, S., Tezuka, M. Biol. Pharm. Bull. (2006)
- Mast cells and pulmonary fibrosis. Identification of a histamine releasing factor in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Broide, D.H., Smith, C.M., Wasserman, S.I. J. Immunol. (1990)
- A novel bHLH-PAS factor with close sequence similarity to hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha regulates the VEGF expression and is potentially involved in lung and vascular development. Ema, M., Taya, S., Yokotani, N., Sogawa, K., Matsuda, Y., Fujii-Kuriyama, Y. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1997)
- Cooperative interaction of hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha (HIF-2alpha ) and Ets-1 in the transcriptional activation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (Flk-1). Elvert, G., Kappel, A., Heidenreich, R., Englmeier, U., Lanz, S., Acker, T., Rauter, M., Plate, K., Sieweke, M., Breier, G., Flamme, I. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- Hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor has antiapoptotic action and is upregulated in the developing lung: coexpression with hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha. Wagner, K.F., Hellberg, A.K., Balenger, S., Depping, R., Dodd-O, J., Johns, R.A., Li, D. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. (2004)
- HRF, a putative basic helix-loop-helix-PAS-domain transcription factor is closely related to hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha and developmentally expressed in blood vessels. Flamme, I., Fröhlich, T., von Reutern, M., Kappel, A., Damert, A., Risau, W. Mech. Dev. (1997)
- Transcriptionally active heterodimer formation of an Arnt-like PAS protein, Arnt3, with HIF-1a, HLF, and clock. Takahata, S., Sogawa, K., Kobayashi, A., Ema, M., Mimura, J., Ozaki, N., Fujii-Kuriyama, Y. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1998)
- Differential roles of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and HIF-2alpha in hypoxic gene regulation. Hu, C.J., Wang, L.Y., Chodosh, L.A., Keith, B., Simon, M.C. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2003)
- EPAS1 promotes adipose differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells. Shimba, S., Wada, T., Hara, S., Tezuka, M. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- Expression of hypoxia-inducible factors in the peri-implantation mouse uterus is regulated in a cell-specific and ovarian steroid hormone-dependent manner. Evidence for differential function of HIFs during early pregnancy. Daikoku, T., Matsumoto, H., Gupta, R.A., Das, S.K., Gassmann, M., DuBois, R.N., Dey, S.K. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- The N-terminal transactivation domain confers target gene specificity of hypoxia-inducible factors HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha. Hu, C.J., Sataur, A., Wang, L., Chen, H., Simon, M.C. Mol. Biol. Cell (2007)
- Hypoxia-inducible transcription factor-2alpha in endothelial cells regulates tumor neovascularization through activation of ephrin A1. Yamashita, T., Ohneda, K., Nagano, M., Miyoshi, C., Kaneko, N., Miwa, Y., Yamamoto, M., Ohneda, O., Fujii-Kuriyama, Y. J. Biol. Chem. (2008)
- Targeted replacement of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha by a hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha knock-in allele promotes tumor growth. Covello, K.L., Simon, M.C., Keith, B. Cancer Res. (2005)
- Expression of ARNT, ARNT2, HIF1 alpha, HIF2 alpha and Ah receptor mRNAs in the developing mouse. Jain, S., Maltepe, E., Lu, M.M., Simon, C., Bradfield, C.A. Mech. Dev. (1998)
- Cardiovascular basic helix loop helix factor 1, a novel transcriptional repressor expressed preferentially in the developing and adult cardiovascular system. Chin, M.T., Maemura, K., Fukumoto, S., Jain, M.K., Layne, M.D., Watanabe, M., Hsieh, C.M., Lee, M.E. J. Biol. Chem. (2000)
- Acute postnatal ablation of Hif-2alpha results in anemia. Gruber, M., Hu, C.J., Johnson, R.S., Brown, E.J., Keith, B., Simon, M.C. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2007)
- The transcription factor EPAS-1/hypoxia-inducible factor 2alpha plays an important role in vascular remodeling. Peng, J., Zhang, L., Drysdale, L., Fong, G.H. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2000)
- Podocyte expression of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 and HIF-2 during glomerular development. Freeburg, P.B., Robert, B., St John, P.L., Abrahamson, D.R. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. (2003)