“…CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β (C/EBPβ) is a member of the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) class of transcription factors and is involved in regulating cell growth, differentiation, inflammation, metabolism, survival, and tumorigenesis [1,2,3,4,5]. The growth-regulatory function of C/EBPβ has been reported to inhibit [6,7] or promote [8,9,10,11] cell proliferation, both in normal [6,8,9,10] and cancer cells [7,9,11]. For example, in C/EBPβ knock-out mice, hyperproliferation of epidermal keratinocytes was observed [6], but cell proliferation of B lymphocytes and gastric mucosa was decreased [8,9].…”