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Published in final edited form as: Physiol Rev. 2025 Jan 15;105(3):1291–1428. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00034.2023

Table 2.

Transcriptional regulators of NOXs.

Subunit/Isoform Transcription Factor Cell Type Transcriptional Effect Reference

NOX1

STAT1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1304)
Colon Epithelial Cells Upregulation (747)
STAT3 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1304)
Aortic Tissue Upregulation (861)
GATA4 Colon Epithelial Cells Upregulation (1305)
GATA6 Colon Epithelial Cells Upregulation (1305)
NFκB Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1306)
AP-1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1307)
Vascular Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1308)
MEF-2B Vascular Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1308)
Vascular Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1309)
C/EBPα Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
C/EBPβ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
BMDM Upregulation (1310)
C/EBPδ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
BMDM Upregulation (1310)
ATF-1 Vascular Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1311)

NOX2

NFκB Monocytes, Microglia Upregulation (1312)
Monocytes Upregulation (1313)
STAT3 Aortic Tissue Upregulation (861)
PPAR-α Macrophages Upregulation (1314)
HIF-1α Microvascular Endothelial Cells Upregulation (447)
CDP HL60, HEL, PLB985 Downregulation (1315)
CP1 HL60, HEL, PLB985 (1315)
YY1 HeLa, K562, PLB985 Upregulation (1316)
Elf-1 PLB985, U937, Jurkat, K562 Upregulation (1317)
PU.1 PLB985, U937, Jurkat, K562 Upregulation (1317)
Neutrophils, Mononuclear Leukocytes Upregulation (1318)
HeLa, U937 Upregulation (1319)
ICSBP HeLa, U937 Upregulation (1319)
IRF-1 HL60, HeLa, PLB985 (1320)
HeLa, U937 Upregulation (1319)
IRF-2 HL60, HeLa, PLB985 (1320)
HOXA9 U937 Upregulation (1321)
PBX1 U937 Upregulation (1321)
Meis1 U937 Downregulation (1321)
HOX10A U937 Downregulation (1321)

p47 phox

NF-κB Monocytes Upregulation (1313)
AP-1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1307)
Ets-1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1322)
PPAR-α Macrophages Upregulation (1314)

p67 phox

NFκB Monocytes Upregulation (1313)
AP-1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1307)
HL-60, PLB985 Upregulation (1323)
PPAR-α Macrophages Upregulation (1314)
Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)
PPAR-β/δ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)
PPAR-γ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)
PU.1 HeLa, U937 Upregulation (1319)
HL-60, PLB985 Upregulation (1323)
IRF1 HeLa, U937 Upregulation (1319)
ICSBP HeLa, U937 Upregulation (1319)

p22 phox

NFκB Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1325)
C/EBPβ Vascular Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1217)

NOX4

HIF1α Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Induced (1326)

NFκB Aortic Smooth Muscle Induced (1306)
AP-1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1307)
STAT1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1304)
STAT3 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1304)
Aortic Tissue Upregulation (861)
C/EBPα Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
C/EBPβ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
C/EBPδ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
E2F1 Vascular Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1327)
PPAR-α Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)
PPAR-β/δ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)
PPAR-γ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)
HUVEC Downregulation (1328)

NOX5

NFκB Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1329)
STAT1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1329)
STAT3 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1329)
AP-1 Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1329)
C/EBPα Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
C/EBPβ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
C/EBPδ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (186)
PPAR-α Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)
PPAR-β/δ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)
PPAR-γ Aortic Smooth Muscle Upregulation (1324)

Data obtained from the literature and discussed in (140, 141, 150)