The relative importance of gene expression regulation at the mRNA versus the protein-level is a matter of ongoing debate. We present an in-depth analysis of a cervical cancer cell line responding to protein misfolding stress induced by dithiothreitol treatment, quantifying the dynamics of mRNA and protein concentrations for >3,500 genes over a time-course 30 hours. While the early phase of the experiment (<two hours) was marked by apoptosis, surviving cells were marked by a strong response to unfolded proteins and stress of the endoplasmatic reticulum, specifically during the intermediate phase (two to eight hours). Using statistical time series analysis, we detected significant changes in the regulatory parameters at the RNA-level, caused by transcription and mRNA degradation, and at the protein-level, caused by translation and protein degradation. mRNA- and protein-level regulation were of equal importance (XX and YYY%, respectively), but displayed different magnitudes and dynamics: mRNA fold changes were much smaller on average than those of the proteins. While our method did not capture immediate changes, we found the strongest regulatory response between two and eight hours after the treatment. mRNA-level regulation showed a spike around this time interval, while protein-level regulation was delayed and continued at slower pace until the end of the experiment.