First Level
Classification (Based on Transcription Factor Binding Site
Combination) |
Explanation |
Second Level
Classification |
Inducible/constitutive |
Composite elements formed by binding sites comprising
inducible and constitutively expressed transcription factors
provide additional features of inducible regulation |
Acute phase
response |
Cholesterol level
response |
Epidermal growth factor
(EGF) response in keratinocytes |
Estrogen response |
Glucocorticoid
response |
Hypoxia response |
Interferon gamma
(IFN-gamma) response |
Interleukin-1 beta
(IL-1beta) response |
Immune response |
Keratinocytes |
Serum growth factor
response |
Steroid hormone
response |
Transforming growth
factor beta (TGF-beta) response |
12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol
13-acetate (TPA) response in keratinocytes |
12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol
13-acetate (TPA) response in smooth muscle cells |
Viral infection
response |
Inducible/inducible |
Composite elements formed by binding sites comprising
inducible transcription factors provide cross-coupling of signal
transduction pathways |
Acute phase
response |
Ca2+ and protein kinase C
(PKC) response |
Ca2+ response |
cAMP response in
kidney |
CD28 response in
T cells |
Estrogen response |
Hypoxia response |
Interferon gamma
(IFN-gamma) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)
response |
Interferon gamma
(IFN-gamma) response |
Interleukin-12
(IL12) response |
Interleukin-1 beta
(IL-1beta) response |
Interleukin-4 (IL4)
response |
Interleukin-6 (IL6)
response |
Immune response in T
cells |
Late T cell
activation |
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
and inflammatory cytokine response |
Macrophages |
Mammary gland cells |
Non-liver cells |
Oncogene response |
Osteoblast-osteocyte
differentiation |
Pituitary
gonadotropes |
Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) response |
Ras and fms response |
T helper type 2 cells
(Th2) |
Transforming growth
factor beta (TGF-beta) and hypoxia response |
Transforming growth
factor beta (TGF-beta) response |
Thrombin response |
Tumor necrosis
factor alpha (TNF-alpha)
and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) response |
Tumor necrosis
factor alpha (TNF-alpha) response |
12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol
13-acetate (TPA) and oncogene response |
12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol
13-acetate (TPA)/phytohemagglutinin (PHA )response |
Viral infection
response |
Convergence
of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and Wnt
signalling |
Inducible/tissue-specific |
Composite elements formed by binding sites
comprising tissue-specific and inducible transcription factors
provide tissue-specific responses to inducing signals |
Adipocytes |
B cells |
Differentiating
osteoblasts |
Hypoxia response,
endothelial cells |
Hypoxia response, liver
and kidney cells |
Kidney cells |
Liver cells |
Myeloid cells |
Pituitary cells |
Pituitary
gonadotropes |
Pituitary
lactotropes |
Pituitary
somatotropes |
Pituitary
thyrotropes |
Protein kinase A (PKA)
and cAMP response |
Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
response in bone cells |
Ras/Raf response |
T cells |
Transforming growth
factor beta (TGF-beta) response in B cells |
Tissue-specific/tissue-specific |
Composite elements formed by binding sites
comprising tissue-specific transcription factors provide some
particular aspects of tissue-specific regulation |
B cells |
Intestine,
enterocytes |
Liver cells |
Muscle cells |
Myeloid cells |
Pancreas islet beta-cells
(insulin-producing) |
Pituitary cells |
Pituitary
gonadotropes |
T cells |
Tissue-restricted/constitutive |
Composite elements formed by binding sites
comprising tissue-specific and constitutive transcription
factors provide additional features of the tissue-specific
transcriptional regulation |
B cells |
endothelial cells |
Glia cells |
Intestine,
enterocytes |
Liver cells |
Lymphoid cells |
Macrophages |
Mammary gland cells |
Muscle cells |
Myeloid cells |
Neuronal cells |
Ovary and adrenal
cortical cells |
Pancreas islet beta-cells
(insulin-producing) |
Pituitary cells |
Pituitary
lactotropes |
Pituitary
somatotropes |
Pituitary
thyrotropes |
Placenta cells |