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. 2022 Dec 20;13(12):1059. doi: 10.1038/s41419-022-05505-1

Fig. 1. Schematic model for the transcriptional regulation of Brd4 in cellular apoptosis.

Fig. 1

Brd4 can inhibit apoptosis through both intrinsic (mitochondrial) and extrinsic (death receptor-mediated) mechanisms by regulating the expression of many key components of these pathways. Brd4 directly or indirectly either upregulates the expression of genes coding anti-apoptotic proteins (BCL-2, BCL-xL, MCL-1, LIVIN, cFLIP, XIAP, Survivin and cIAP2) or downregulates the expression of genes coding pro-apoptotic proteins (NOXA, PUMA, BIM and CHOP).