Manuscripts from 2010
Definitions of the phenotypic manifestations of sickle cell disease., Samir K Ballas, Susan Lieff, Lennette J Benjamin, Carlton D Dampier, Matthew M Heeney, Carolyn Hoppe, Cage S Johnson, Zora R Rogers, Kim Smith-Whitley, Winfred C Wang, and Marilyn J Telen
Early detection of response to hydroxyurea therapy in patients with sickle cell anemia., Samir K. Ballas, William F. McCarthy, Nan Guo, Carlo Brugnara, Gail Kling, Robert L. Bauserman, and Myron A. Waclawiw
Clopidogrel hypersensitivity: clinical challenges and options for management., Kimberly L Campbell, John R Cohn, and Michael P Savage
Hypertension in children and adolescents: epidemiology and natural history., Bonita Falkner
Tubercular pancreatic abscess presenting as Fever and cystic pancreatic lesion with endoscopic management., Jonathan M. Fenkel, Maya Spodik, Bheema S. Singu, Anthony Infantolino, Sandeep P. Deshmukh, and David E. Loren
Non-contrast MRI may predict safety of gadolinium-enhanced MRI in patients with cirrhosis, Jonathan M. Fenkel, MD; Colin L. Smith, MD; Leela Nayak, MD; Steven K. Herrine, MD; and Donald G. Mitchell, MD
Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy: a review of pathophysiologic mechanisms., Anthony Flynn, Bhalaghuru Chokkalingam Mani, and Paul J Mather
Pulmonary Hypertension Is a Frequent Event in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treated with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Sameh Gaballa, Aref Al-Kali, Hagop Kantarjian, Elias Jabbour, Alfonso Quintas-Cardama, Mohamad Ayoubi, Gautam Borthakur, S. M. O'Brien, and J. E. Cortes
Alcohol and arrhythmias: a comprehensive review., Anil George and Vincent M. Figueredo, M.D.
Incidence of, predictors for, and mortality associated with malignant ventricular arrhythmias in non-ST elevation myocardial infarction patients., Shuchita Gupta, MD; Gregg S. Pressman; and Vincent M. Figueredo, M.D.
Distribution of left ventricular ejection fraction in angina patients with severe coronary artery disease not amenable to revascularization., Shuchita Gupta; Gregg S. Pressman; D Lynn Morris; and Vincent M. Figueredo, M.D.
Role of growth factors in the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis., Sergio A. Jimenez, Susan V. Castro, and Sonsoles Piera-Velazquez
Evaluation of a novel method for measuring CEA levels from pancreas cyst aspirates, Vinay K. Katukuri, MD; Darren Andrade, MD; David E. Loren, MD; and Thomas E. Kowalski, MD
Changes in left and right ventricular mechanics during the Mueller maneuver in healthy adults: a possible mechanism for abnormal cardiac function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea., Yuki Koshino, Hector R Villarraga, Marek Orban, Charles J Bruce, Gregg S. Pressman, Pavel Leinveber, Haydar K Saleh, Tomas Konecny, Tomas Kara, Virend K Somers, and Francisco Lopez-Jimenez
Reduction of sympathetic activity via adrenal-targeted GRK2 gene deletion attenuates heart failure progression and improves cardiac function after myocardial infarction., Anastasios Lymperopoulos, Giuseppe Rengo, Erhe Gao, Steven N. Ebert, Gerald W. Dorn, and Walter J. Koch
Cocaine and the heart., Suraj Maraj; Vincent M. Figueredo, M.D.; and D Lynn Morris
Efficacy of morning-only compared with split-dose polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution for afternoon colonoscopy: a randomized controlled single-blind study., Rebecca Matro, MD; Anastasia Shnitser, MD; Maya Spodik, MD; Constantine Daskalakis, Sc.D; Leo Katz, MD; Alexandra Murtha, BA; and David Kastenberg, MD
Leg ulcers in sickle cell disease., Caterina P Minniti, James Eckman, Paola Sebastiani, Martin H Steinberg, and Samir K. Ballas
Cardioprotection by regular ethanol consumption: potential mechanisms and clinical application., Masami Miyamae; Kazuhiro Kaneda; Naochika Domae; and Vincent M. Figueredo, M.D.
Inhibition of effector function but not T cell activation and increase in FoxP3 expression in T cells differentiated in the presence of PP14., Zohar Ochanuna, Anat Geiger-Maor, Adi Dembinsky-Vaknin, Dimitrios Karussis, Mark l. Tykocinski, and Jacob Rachmilewitz
Effects of a single sickling event on the mechanical fragility of sickle cell trait erythrocytes, Tennille D. Presley, Andreas S. Perlegas, Lauren E. Bain, Samir K. Ballas, James S. Nichols, Hernan Sabio, Mark T. Gladwin, Gregory J. Kato, and Dany B. Kim-Shapiro
S100A1: a multifaceted therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease., David Rohde, Julia Ritterhoff, Mirko Voelkers, Hugo A Katus, Thomas G Parker, and Patrick Most
The Incidence, Severity and Distribution of Colonic Bubbles after Bowel Preparation with Split Dose 2L Polyethylene Glycol-Electrolyte Solution with Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Ascorbate and Ascorbic Acid (PEG-ELS): A Pilot Study, Carly Rubin, Constantine Daskalakis, Vicki Gordon, Rebecca Matro, and David Kastenberg
A role for the histone deacetylase HDAC4 in the life-cycle of HIV-1-based vectors., Johanna A Smith, Jennifer Yeung, Gary D Kao, and René Daniel
The risks and benefits of long-term use of hydroxyurea in sickle cell anemia: A 17.5 year follow-up., M. H. Steinberg, W. F. McCarthy, O. Castro, S. K. Ballas, F. D. Armstrong, W. Smith, K. Ataga, P. Swerdlow, A. Kutlar, L. DeCastro, M. A. Waclawiw, E. Orringer, S. Jones, D. Strayhorn, W. Rosse, G. Phillips, D. Pearce, A. Johnson-Telfair, L. Daitch, P. Milner, A. Tracy, S. Valdez, G. E. Allen, J. Moshang, B. Scott, C. Bigelow, A. Anderson, V. Sabahi, T. Harrington, W. Labrousse, C. Pegelow, D. Temple, E. Case, R. Harrell, S. Childerie, S. Embury, B. Schmidt, D. Davies, Y. Saunthararajah, M. Koshy, N. Talischy-Zahed, L. Dorn, G. Pendarvis, M. McGee, M. Telfer, A. Davis, O. C. Onyekwere, C. Nwokolo, H. Finke, E. Perlin, J. Siteman, M. Bryan, T. Saunders, Y. Barber, P. Gascon, P. Di Paolo, S. Gargiulo, J. Eckman, E. Carter-Randall, J. H. Bailey, A. Platt, L. Waller, G. Ramirez, V. Knors, S. Hernandez, E. M. Rodriguez, E. Wilkes, E. Vichinsky, W. Hagar, C. Hoehner, E. Hackney-Stevens, S. Claster, A. Earles, K. Kleman, K. McLaughlin, L. White, B. Maddox, L. Usry, A. Brenner, K. Williams, R. O'Brien, K. Genther, S. Shurin, B. Berman, K. Chiarucci, L. Keverline, N. Olivieri, J. Chow, M. Hui, D. Shaw, N. Lewis, M. Okam, E. Mandell, A. Palmer, K. Bridges, B. Tynan, C. Winograd, R. Bellevue, H. Dosik, M. Sheikhai, P. Ryans, H. Souffrant, B. Adler, A. Johnson-Telfair, L. Eskridge, J. Prchal, J. Braddock, T. McArdle, T. Carlos, A. Roundtree-Schmotzer, and D. Gardner
Lead Extraction in the Contemporary Setting: The LExICon Study. An Observational Retrospective Study of Consecutive Laser Lead Extractions, Oussama Wazni, MD; Laurence M. Epstein, MD; Roger G. Carrillo, MD; Charles Love, MD; Stuart W. Adler, MD; David W. Riggio, MD; Shahzad S. Karim, MD; Jamil Bashir, MD; Arnold J. Greenspon, MD; John P. DiMarco, MD, PhD; Joshua M. Cooper, MD; John R. Onufer, MD; Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD; Stephen P. Kutalek, MD; Sherri Dentry-Mabry, MSN; Carolyn M. Ervin, PhD; and Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD
Submissions from 2009
Near fatal posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome complicating chronic liver failure and treated by induced hypothermia and dialysis: a case report., Rashmi Chawla, Daniel Smith, and Paul E Marik
The time has come for physicians to take notice: the impact of psychosocial stressors on the heart., Vincent M. Figueredo, M.D.
The Value of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Managing Atrial Fibrillation, Daniel Frisch
Inaugural Target Discovery World Congress 2009: Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Michael Holinstat, Ph.D.
A novel codon insert in protease of clade B HIV type 1., Parris S Jordan, Art Poon, Joseph Eron, Kathleen Squires, Caroline Ignacio, Douglas D Richman, and Davey M Smith
HIV policy: the path forward--a joint position paper of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American College of Physicians., Christine Lubinski, Judith Aberg, Arlene D Bardeguez, Richard Elion, Patricia Emmanuel, Daniel Kuritzkes, Michael Saag, Kathleen E Squires, Andrea Weddle, Jennifer Rainey, M Renee Zerehi, J Fred Ralston, David A Fleming, David Bronson, Molly Cooke, Charles Cutler, Yul Ejnes, Robert Gluckman, Mark Liebow, Kenneth Musana, Mark E Mayer, Mark W Purtle, P Preston Reynolds, Lavanya Viswanathan, Kevin B Weiss, and Baligh Yehia
Primary cardiac tumors., Suraj Maraj, MD; Gregg S. Pressman, MD; and Vincent M. Figueredo, MD
Acute memory phase of sevoflurane preconditioning is associated with sustained translocation of protein kinase C-alpha and epsilon, but not delta, in isolated guinea pig hearts., Chika Okusa, Masami Miyamae, Shingo Sugioka, Kazuhiro Kaneda, Yoshitaka Inamura, Anna Onishi, Naochika Domae, Junichiro Kotani, and Vincent M. Figueredo
Effectiveness of a clinical decision support system to identify heparin induced thrombocytopenia., Jeffrey M. Riggio, MD, MSc; Mandelin K. Cooper, PharmD; Benjamin E. Leiby, PhD; Jeanine M. Walenga, PhD; Geno J. Merli, MD; and Jonathan E. Gottlieb, MD
Manuscripts from 2008
HIV-1 Tat protein alter the tight junction integrity and function of retinal pigment epithelium: an in vitro study., Ling Bai, Zhenping Zhang, Hui Zhang, Xiumei Li, Qiurong Yu, Haotian Lin, and Wenhui Yang
Eosinophilic fasciitis: demographics, disease pattern and response to treatment: report of 12 cases and review of the literature, Lindsay Bischoff and Chris T. Derk
Complete resolution of gastric amyloidosis after autologous stem cell transplantation., Dinu Cherian, Kristin Braun, Neal Flomenberg, Juan P. Palazzo, and David Kastenberg
Identification of FVIII gene mutations in patients with hemophilia A using new combinatorial sequencing by hybridization., M Chetta, A Drmanac, R Santacroce, E Grandone, S Surrey, P Fortina, and M Margaglione
Decreased expression of caveolin 1 in patients with systemic sclerosis: crucial role in the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis., Francesco Del Galdo, Federica Sotgia, Cecilia J. de Almeida, Jean-Francois Jasmin, Megan Musick, Michael P. Lisanti, and Sergio A. Jimenez
Pegylated interferon 2a and 2b in combination with ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in HIV infected patients., Ravinder Dhillon, Simona Rossi, and Steven K Herrine
Lead-associated endocarditis: the important role of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus., Arnold J. Greenspon, Eugene S. Rhim, George Mark, Joseph Desimone, and Reginald T. Ho
Symptomatology and health attitudes of chronic hepatitis B patients in the USA, Hie-Won Hann, S.-H. Han, T. M. Block, M. Harris, J.-F. Maa, R. T. Fisher, and E. Atillasoy
Primary care physicians and insulin initiation: multiple barriers, lack of knowledge or both?, Serge Jabbour, MD, FACP, FACE
Sevoflurane enhances ethanol-induced cardiac preconditioning through modulation of protein kinase C, mitochondrial KATP channels, and nitric oxide synthase, in guinea pig hearts., Kazuhiro Kaneda, Masami Miyamae, Shingo Sugioka, Chika Okusa, Yoshitaka Inamura, Naochika Domae, Junichiro Kotani, and Vincent M. Figueredo
Day-night variation of acute myocardial infarction in obstructive sleep apnea., Fatima H Sert Kuniyoshi, Arturo Garcia-Touchard, Apoor S Gami, Abel Romero-Corral, Christelle van der Walt, Snigdha Pusalavidyasagar, Tomas Kara, Sean M Caples, Gregg S. Pressman, Elisardo C Vasquez, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, and Virend K Somers
The yin and yang of Fcγ receptors in ITP, Steven E. McKenzie
Rosai-Dorfrman disease of the colon, Rahul A. Nathwani, Lawrence Kenyon, and Thomas E. Kowalski
HIV-1 Tat and AIDS-associated cancer: targeting the cellular anti-cancer barrier?, Giuseppe Nunnari, Johanna A Smith, and René Daniel
Dynamic changes of left ventricular performance and left atrial volume induced by the mueller maneuver in healthy young adults and implications for obstructive sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure., Marek Orban, Charles J Bruce, Gregg S. Pressman, Pavel Leinveber, Abel Romero-Corral, Josef Korinek, Tomas Konecny, Hector R Villarraga, Tomas Kara, Sean M Caples, and Virend K Somers
Beta3 integrin haplotype influences gene regulation and plasma von Willebrand factor activity, Katie E. Payne, Paul F. Bray, Peter J. Grant, and Angela M. Carter
Molecular ablation of transforming growth factor beta signaling pathways by tyrosine kinase inhibition: the coming of a promising new era in the treatment of tissue fibrosis., Joel Rosenbloom and Sergio A. Jimenez
Solid serous adenoma of the pancreas: a rare form of serous cystadenoma, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka, Thomas E. Kowalski, Corey Brotz, Charles J. Yeo, Peter McCue, and Juan Palazzo
Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome mimicking severe sepsis., Talya Spivack, Rashmi Chawla, and Paul E Marik
Dilated cisternae chyli. A sign of uncompensated cirrhosis at MR imaging, Sachit K. Verma, Donald G. Mitchell, Diane Bergin, Yulia Lakhman, Amy Austin, Manisha Verma, David Assis, Steven K. Herrine, and Laurence Parker
Molecular processes that handle — and mishandle — dietary lipids, Kevin Jon Williams
Manuscripts from 2007
Effect of genetic variations in platelet glycoproteins Ibα and VI on the risk for coronary heart disease events in postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy, Paul F. Bray, Timothy D. Howard, Eric Vittinghoff, David C. Sane, and David M. Harrington
Baseline HBV DNA level is the most important factor associated with virologic breakthrough in chronic hepatitis B treated with lamivudine., Hee Bok Chae and Hie-Won Hann
Time for an active antiviral therapy for hepatitis B: An update on the management of hepatitis B virus infection., Hee Bok Chae and Hie-Won Hann
A review of the association between congestive heart failure and cognitive impairment., Michael B. Cohen and Paul J. Mather
H-ras inhibits RhoA/ROCK leading to decrease in the basal tone in the internal anal sphincter, Marcio A.F. De Godoy, Chirag A. Patel, Scott A. Waldman, Motoya Katsuki, Raymond F. Regan, and Satish Rattan
Acute myocardial infarction in systemic sclerosis patients: a case series, Chris T. Derk and Sergio A. Jimenez
Human collagen Krox up-regulates type I collagen expression in normal and scleroderma fibroblasts through interaction with Sp1 and Sp3 transcription factors., Magdalini Kypriotou, Gallic Beauchef, Christos Chadjichristos, Russell Widom, Emmanuelle Renard, Sergio A. Jimenez, Joseph Korn, François-Xavier Maquart, Thierry Oddos, Otto Von Stetten, Jean-Pierre Pujol, and Philippe Galéra
Modified inferior vena caval anastomosis to reduce tricuspid valve regurgitation after heart transplantation, Daniel Marelli, Scott C. Silvestry, Donna Zwas, Paul Mather, Sharon Rubin, Anthony F. Dempsey, Louis Stein, Evelio Rodriguez, James T. Diehl, and Arthur M. Feldman
Adiponectin deficiency increases leukocyte-endothelium interactions via upregulation of endothelial cell adhesion molecules in vivo, Raogo Ouedraogo, Yulan Gong, Brett Berzins, Xiandong Wu, Kalyankar Mahadev, Kelly Hough, Lawrence Chan, Barry J. Goldstein, and Rosario Scalia
Trivalent vaccine against botulinum toxin serotypes A, B, and E that can be administered by the mucosal route, Easwaran Ravichandran, Fetweh H. Al-Saleem, Denise M. Ancharski, Mohammad D. Elias, Ajay K. Singh, Mohammad Shamim, Yujing Gong, and Lance L. Simpson
Modulation of TGF-beta signaling by proinflammatory cytokines in articular chondrocytes., Jorge A. Roman-Blas, David G. Stokes, and Sergio A. Jimenez
Cystic lymphangioma of the pancreas, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka and Thomas E. Kowalski
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Work Group Report: Allergy diagnosis in clinical practice, Dana V. Wallace, Sami L. Bahna, Stan Goldstein, Robert G. Hamilton, and John R. Cohn
Manuscripts from 2006
Characterization of hARD2, a processed hARD1 gene duplicate, encoding a human protein N-alpha-acetyltransferase., Thomas Arnesen, Matthew J Betts, Frédéric Pendino, David A Liberles, Dave Anderson, Jaime Caro, Xianguo Kong, Jan E Varhaug, and Johan R Lillehaug
Hydroxyurea and sickle cell anemia: Effect on quality of life, Samir K. Ballas, Franca B. Barton, Myron K. Waclawiw, Paul Swerdlow, James R. Eckman, Charles H. Pegelow, Mabel Koshy, Bruce A. Barton, and Duane R. Bonds
Antimicrobial effects of liquid anesthetic isoflurane on Candida albicans, Viachaslau M. Barodka, Edward Acheampong, Garry Powell, Ludmilla Lobach, David A. Logan, Zahida Parveen, Valerie Armstead, and Muhammad Mukhtar
Chemoprevention of breast cancer for women at hgh risk, Kathryn Chan and Gloria J. Morris
Up-regulation of interferon-a/APOBEC3G signal pathway potently inactivates HIV-1 infectivity in resting CD4-T cells, Keyang Chen, Jialing Huang, Chune Zhang, Sophia Huang, Giuseppe Nunnari, Feng-xiang Wang, Xiangrong Tong, Ling Gao, Kristi Nikisher, and Hui Zhang
Alpha interferon potently enhances the anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 activity of APOBEC3G in resting primary CD4 T cells, Keyang Chen, Jialing Huang, Chune Zhang, Sophia Huang, Guiseppe Nunnari, Feng-xiang Wang, Xiangrong Tong, Ling Gao, Kristi Nikisher, and Hui Zhang
Case report: Sigmoid schwannoma as the lead point for intussusception in an adult patient with neurofibromatosis, Roger Coron, Herve Boucard, and Robert Richards
Osteoporosis in premenopause. When are screening and treatment prudent?, Chris T. Derk
Statins and the vasculopathy of systemic sclerosis: potential therapeutic agents?, Chris T. Derk and Sergio A. Jimenez
Gαq and its Aktions, David M. Harris, Andrea D. Eckhart, and Walter J. Koch
Alterations in vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) phosphorylation: associations with asthmatic phenotype, airway inflammation and β2-agonist use, Annette T. Hastie, Min Wu, Gayle C. Foster, Gregory A. Hawkins, Vikas Batra, Katherine A. Rybinski, Rosemary Cirelli, James G. Zangrilli, and Stephen P. Peters
Antiviral therapy of HCV in the cirrhotic and transplant candidate., Steven Herrine and Victor J. Navarro, MD
Donor tricuspid annuloplasty during orthotopic heart transplantation: Long-term results of a prospective controlled study, Valluvan Jeevanandum, Hyde Russell, Paul Mather, Satoshi Furukawa, Allen Anderson, and Jaishankar Raman
The diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill patient: does it really matter?, Paul E. Marik
Rho kinase as a novel molecular therapeutic target for hypertensive internal anal sphincter, Satish Rattan, Marcio A.F. De Godoy, and Chirag A. Patel
Endoscopic sphincterotomy with or without cholecystectomy for choledocholithiasis in high risk surgical patients: A decision analysis, Ali Siddiqui, Pradnya Mitroo, Thomas E. Kowalski, and David Loren
Clinical perspectives of emerging pathogens in bleeding disorders, Jamie Siegel
P5L mutation in Ank results in an increase in extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate during proliferation and nonmineralizing hypertrophy in stably transduced ATDC5 cells, Raihana Zaka, David Stokes, Arnold S. Dion, Anna Kusnierz, Fei Han, and Charlene J. Williams
Manuscripts from 2005
Two-dimensional Fluorescence Difference Gel Electrophoresis Analysis of the Urine Proteome in Human Diabetic Nephropathy, Kumar Sharma, SoHee Lee, Steven Han, Sungchun Lee, Barbara Francos, Peter McCue, Richard Wassell, M. Alexander Shaw, and Satish P. RamachandraRao
Multiple Metabolic Hits Converge on CD36 as Novel Mediator of Tubular Epithelial Apoptosis in Diabetic Nephropathy, Katalin Susztack, Emilio Ciccone, Peter McCue, Kumar Sharma, and Erwin Böttinger
Multiple metabolic hits converge on CD36 as novel mediator of tubular epithelial apoptosis in diabetic nephropathy., Katalin Susztak, Emilio Ciccone, Peter McCue, Kumar Sharma, and Erwin P Böttinger
Manuscripts from 2004
Association of atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea., Apoor S Gami, Gregg S. Pressman, Sean M Caples, Ravi Kanagala, Joseph J Gard, Diane E Davison, Joseph F Malouf, Naser M Ammash, Paul A Friedman, and Virend K Somers
Indinavir and rifabutin drug interactions in healthy volunteers., Walter K. Kraft, Jacqueline B. McCrea, Gregory A. Winchell, Alexandra Carides, Richard C. Lowry, Eric J. Woolf, Sandra E. Kusma, Paul J. Deutsch, Howard E Greenberg, and Scott A. Waldman
The pharmacokinetics of nebulized nanocrystal budesonide suspension in healthy volunteers., Walter Kraft, Barry Steiger, Don Beussink, John N. Quiring, Nancy Fitzgerald, Howard E. Greenberg, and Scott A. Waldman
The NAD(P)H oxidase homolog Nox4 modulates insulin-stimulated generation of H202 and plays an integral role in insulin signal transduction, Kalyankar Mahadev, Hiroyuki Motoshima, Xiangdong Wu, Jean Marie Ruddy, Rebecca S. Arnold, Guangjie Cheng, J. David Lambeth, and Barry J. Goldstein
Esophageal muscle physiology and morphogenesis require assembly of a collagen XIX-rich basement membrane zone., Hideaki Sumiyoshi, Niv Mor, Sui Y Lee, Stephen Doty, Scott Henderson, Shizuko Tanaka, Hidekatsu Yoshioka, Satish Rattan, and Francesco Ramirez
Manuscripts from 2003
Signaling and regulation of G protein-coupled receptors in airway smooth muscle., Charlotte K Billington and Raymond B Penn
Systemic sclerosis: current views of its pathogenesis., Chris T. Derk and Sergio A. Jimenez
Transcriptional inhibition of type I collagen gene expression in scleroderma fibroblasts by the antineoplastic drug ecteinascidin 743., Natalia Louneva, Biagio Saitta, David J Herrick, and Sergio A. Jimenez
Regulation of human COL9A1 gene expression. Activation of the proximal promoter region by SOX9., Ping Zhang, Sergio A. Jimenez, and David G Stokes