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. 2014 Jul 8;67(1):1–12. doi: 10.1007/s10616-014-9761-9

Table 5.

Alteration in gene expression by drug treatment

Effect/stimuli HepG2 Hep3B References
Upregulation of AFP by HBX Yes No Arima et al. (2002)
Upregulation of p21 by AG490 No Yes Kusaba et al. (2007)
Upregulation of NOX4 by TGF-β No Yes Carmona-Cuenca et al. (2008)
Upregulation of FAS by bleomycin Yes No Muller et al. (1997)
Upregulation of Bax by AG490 No Yes Kusaba et al. (2007)
Upregulation of MMP-3 by PGI/AMF Yes No Yu et al. (2004)
Activation of caspase-3 by NK cells No Yes Kim et al. (2004)
Stimulation of APP synthesis by OM Yes No Richards et al. (1992)
Stimulation of EPO by IL-6 No Yes Jelkmann et al. (1994), Wenger et al. (1998)
Induction of LDLR by PMA 50-fold 10-fold Wilson et al. (1997)
Lysozyme production by IL-6 Decrease Increase Kobsel and Ramadori (1994)
Induction of CYP24A1 by 1,25(OH)2D3 5300-fold 0 Horvath et al. (2012)

PGI/AMF: phosphoglucose isomerase/autocrine motility factor; APP: acute phase proteins; OM: oncostatin M; EPO: erythropoietin; LDLR: low density lipoprotein receptor; PMA: phorbo1-12-myristate-13-acetate; 1,25(OH)2D3: 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3