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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 22-32.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.17-163

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Progress of GATA6 in liver development

Ling Zhang(),Jianbo He   

  1. Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Received:2017-05-08 Revised:2017-12-13 Online:2018-01-20 Published:2017-12-27
  • Supported by:
    the National Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of China(201610635068);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(XDJK2015B011)

Abstract:

GATA binding protein 6 (GATA6) is a member of the GATA family of zinc-finger transcriptional regulators, whose names come from the conservative base sequence (G/A)GATA(A/T). The GATA families play key roles in cell fate determination, proliferation, migration, and organogenesis of endoderm- and mesoderm-derived organs in vertebrates. As a lineage-specific factor, a chromatin remodeling factor, a pluripotent factor and a pioneer factor, GATA6 is involved in various stages of liver development, including endoderm liver-lineage determination, liver specification, hepatic bud outgrowth and hepatoblast differentiation. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the roles and regulatory mechanisms of GATA6 in liver development.

Key words: GATA6, liver development, transcription factor, pioneer factor, reprogramming