What is it about?
GCM1 regulates hCGβ gene expression. In turn, hCG upregulates GCM1 activity at the post-translational level to promote placental cell fusion.
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Why is it important?
A revision of previous studies that GCM1, but not TFAP2, diretly upregulates hCGβ gene expression in placenta.
Perspectives
Because GCM1 is a placenta-specific transcription factor, this study provides a mechanism underlying the placenta-specific expression of hCGβ.
Professor Hungwen Chen
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This page is a summary of: A positive feedback loop between glial cells missing 1 (GCM1) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) regulates placental hCGβ expression and cell differentiation, Molecular and Cellular Biology, October 2015, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00655-15.
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