Preferred Label : CTCF Pathway;
NCIt related terms : CTCF: First Multivalent Nuclear Factor;
Alternative definition : BIOCARTA: CTCF is central to signaling pathways in immature B cells elicited by cross-linking
the Ig BCR and stimulation with TGF. Both stimuli result in induction of cell cycle
arrest and apoptosis. BCR ligation stimulates a transient induction of MYC that leads
to high level CTCF expression and feedback suppression of MYC transcription. BCR ligation
also activates PTEN opposing PI3K activation of MYC. Pharmacologic inactivation of
PI3K or mTOR/FRAP results in suppression of S6K resulting in activation of CTCF and
suppression of MYC. CTCF activation induces transcriptional activation of p19ARF,
with its downstream consequences, and of p27. Growth arrest is occasioned by co-expression
of p21 and p27 and inhibition of MYC. CTCF, is a multivalent DNA-sequence binder whose
specificity is mediated by different sets of zinc finger (ZF) proteins. (This definition
may be outdated - see the DesignNote.);
NCIt note : The BIOCARTA Definition (ALT_DEFINITION) for this pathway concept was provided by
BioCarta. This property was not created by, nor is it maintained by the NCI Thesaurus
staff. Additionally, BioCarta is no longer updating its pathway data; thus, the BIOCARTA
Definition might be outdated or inaccurate. Please see the Terms and Conditions for
Use at http://www.biocarta.com/.;
Biocarta ID : h_ctcfPathway;
Origin ID : C39040;
UMLS CUI : C1511458;
Semantic type(s)
has_gene_product_element
pathway_has_gene_element