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																		 MEF2 Transcription Factors
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"MEF2 Transcription Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				Activating transcription factors of the MADS family which bind a specific sequence element (MEF2 element) in many muscle-specific genes and are involved in skeletal and cardiac myogenesis, neuronal differentiation and survival/apoptosis.
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D064326 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | D12.776.210.500.570.294 D12.776.260.103.750.294 D12.776.260.400.249.624 D12.776.930.125.750.294 D12.776.930.397.700 |  
						| Concept/Terms | MEF2 Transcription FactorsMEF2 Transcription FactorsTranscription Factors, MEF2Muscle Enhancer Factor-2Enhancer Factor-2, MuscleMuscle Enhancer Factor 2Myocyte-Specific Enhancer-Binding Factor 2Myocyte Specific Enhancer Binding Factor 2Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2Myocyte-Specific Enhancer Factor 2Myocyte Specific Enhancer Factor 2MEF2 ProteinsMuscle-Specific Enhancer Factor-2Enhancer Factor-2, Muscle-SpecificMuscle Specific Enhancer Factor 2
 MEF2B Transcription FactorMEF2B Transcription FactorTranscription Factor, MEF2BSerum Response Factor-Like Protein 2Serum Response Factor Like Protein 2Myocyte-Specific Enhancer Factor 2BMyocyte Specific Enhancer Factor 2BMuscle Enhancer Factor-2BEnhancer Factor-2B, MuscleMuscle Enhancer Factor 2BMuscle-Specific Enhancer Factor-2BEnhancer Factor-2B, Muscle-SpecificMuscle Specific Enhancer Factor 2BMyocyte Enhancer Factor 2BMyocyte-Specific Enhancer-Binding Factor 2BMyocyte Specific Enhancer Binding Factor 2BMEF2B Protein
 MEF2D Transcription FactorMEF2D Transcription FactorTranscription Factor, MEF2DMuscle Enhancer Factor-2DEnhancer Factor-2D, MuscleMuscle Enhancer Factor 2DMuscle-Specific Enhancer Factor-2DEnhancer Factor-2D, Muscle-SpecificMuscle Specific Enhancer Factor 2DMyocyte-Specific Enhancer Factor 2DMyocyte Specific Enhancer Factor 2DMyocyte-Specific Enhancer-Binding Factor 2DMyocyte Specific Enhancer Binding Factor 2DMEF2D ProteinMyocyte Enhancer Factor 2D
 MEF2A Transcription FactorMEF2A Transcription FactorTranscription Factor, MEF2AMuscle Enhancer Factor-2AEnhancer Factor-2A, MuscleMuscle Enhancer Factor 2ASerum Response Factor-Like Protein 1Serum Response Factor Like Protein 1Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2AMyocyte-Specific Enhancer Factor 2AMyocyte Specific Enhancer Factor 2AMyocyte-Specific Enhancer-Binding Factor 2AMyocyte Specific Enhancer Binding Factor 2AMEF2A ProteinMuscle-Specific Enhancer Factor-2AEnhancer Factor-2A, Muscle-SpecificMuscle Specific Enhancer Factor 2A
 MEF2C Transcription FactorMEF2C Transcription FactorTranscription Factor, MEF2CMuscle Enhancer Factor-2CEnhancer Factor-2C, MuscleMuscle Enhancer Factor 2CMyocyte-Specific Enhancer-Binding Factor 2CMyocyte Specific Enhancer Binding Factor 2CMyocyte Enhancer Factor 2CMyocyte-Specific Enhancer Factor 2CMyocyte Specific Enhancer Factor 2CMEF2C ProteinMuscle-Specific Enhancer Factor-2CEnhancer Factor-2C, Muscle-SpecificMuscle Specific Enhancer Factor 2C
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "MEF2 Transcription Factors" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								de Araujo Tavares ME, Cupertino RB, Bandeira CE, da Silva BS, Vitola ES, Salgado CAI, Dos Santos Soares R, Picon FA, Rohde LA, Rovaris DL, Grevet EH, Bau CHD. Refining patterns of MEF2C effects in white matter microstructure and psychiatric features. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2023 05; 130(5):697-706.
								Bailon-Zambrano R, Sucharov J, Mumme-Monheit A, Murry M, Stenzel A, Pulvino AT, Mitchell JM, Colborn KL, Nichols JT. Variable paralog expression underlies phenotype variation. Elife. 2022 09 22; 11.
								Travers JG, Hu T, McKinsey TA. The black sheep of class IIa: HDAC7 SIKens the heart. J Clin Invest. 2020 06 01; 130(6):2811-2813.
								Judge SM, Deyhle MR, Neyroud D, Nosacka RL, D'Lugos AC, Cameron ME, Vohra RS, Smuder AJ, Roberts BM, Callaway CS, Underwood PW, Chrzanowski SM, Batra A, Murphy ME, Heaven JD, Walter GA, Trevino JG, Judge AR. MEF2c-Dependent Downregulation of Myocilin Mediates Cancer-Induced Muscle Wasting and Associates with Cachexia in Patients with Cancer. Cancer Res. 2020 05 01; 80(9):1861-1874.
								Sucharov J, Ray K, Brooks EP, Nichols JT. Selective breeding modifies mef2ca mutant incomplete penetrance by tuning the opposing Notch pathway. PLoS Genet. 2019 12; 15(12):e1008507.
								Guo A, Wang Y, Chen B, Wang Y, Yuan J, Zhang L, Hall D, Wu J, Shi Y, Zhu Q, Chen C, Thiel WH, Zhan X, Weiss RM, Zhan F, Musselman CA, Pufall M, Zhu W, Au KF, Hong J, Anderson ME, Grueter CE, Song LS. E-C coupling structural protein junctophilin-2 encodes a stress-adaptive transcription regulator. Science. 2018 12 21; 362(6421).
								Hsu YH, Li G, Liu CT, Brody JA, Karasik D, Chou WC, Demissie S, Nandakumar K, Zhou Y, Cheng CH, Gill R, Gibbs RA, Muzny D, Santibanez J, Estrada K, Rivadeneira F, Harris T, Gudnason V, Uitterlinden A, Psaty BM, Robbins JA, Adrienne Cupples L, Kiel DP. Targeted sequencing of genome wide significant loci associated with bone mineral density (BMD) reveals significant novel and rare variants: the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) targeted sequencing study. Hum Mol Genet. 2016 12 01; 25(23):5234-5243.
								Gu Z, Churchman M, Roberts K, Li Y, Liu Y, Harvey RC, McCastlain K, Reshmi SC, Payne-Turner D, Iacobucci I, Shao Y, Chen IM, Valentine M, Pei D, Mungall KL, Mungall AJ, Ma Y, Moore R, Marra M, Stonerock E, Gastier-Foster JM, Devidas M, Dai Y, Wood B, Borowitz M, Larsen EE, Maloney K, Mattano LA, Angiolillo A, Salzer WL, Burke MJ, Gianni F, Spinelli O, Radich JP, Minden MD, Moorman AV, Patel B, Fielding AK, Rowe JM, Luger SM, Bhatia R, Aldoss I, Forman SJ, Kohlschmidt J, Mr?zek K, Marcucci G, Bloomfield CD, Stock W, Kornblau S, Kantarjian HM, Konopleva M, Paietta E, Willman CL, Loh ML, Hunger SP, Mullighan CG. Genomic analyses identify recurrent MEF2D fusions in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Nat Commun. 2016 11 08; 7:13331.
								Nichols JT, Blanco-S?nchez B, Brooks EP, Parthasarathy R, Dowd J, Subramanian A, Nachtrab G, Poss KD, Schilling TF, Kimmel CB. Ligament versus bone cell identity in the zebrafish hyoid skeleton is regulated by mef2ca. Development. 2016 12 01; 143(23):4430-4440.
								Zhao Y, Londono P, Cao Y, Sharpe EJ, Proenza C, O'Rourke R, Jones KL, Jeong MY, Walker LA, Buttrick PM, McKinsey TA, Song K. High-efficiency reprogramming of fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes requires suppression of pro-fibrotic signalling. Nat Commun. 2015 Sep 10; 6:8243. | 
																	
																		
																			
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