title: The sweet side of HIF.
abstract: Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are oxygen-sensitive transcription factors that mediate cellular adaptation to hypoxia. Depending on the type of injury, activation of HIF signaling in renal cells may be renoprotective or promote fibrosis. Isoe and colleagues demonstrate that hyperglycemia activates HIF-1 in mesangial cells via carbohydrate response element binding protein (ChREBP), thus providing a novel link between alterations in systemic glucose homeostasis and HIF-regulated gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA. volker.haase@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Volker H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Haase
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D010100:Oxygen