Rapid induction and translocation of Egr-1 in response to mechanical strain in vascular smooth muscle cells

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 678-687

  Morawietz, Henning ^b   Ma, Yunn Hwa ^a   Vives, Franklin ^a   Wilson, Emily ^a,d   Sukhatme, Vikas P ^c   Holtz, Jürgen ^b   Ives, Harlan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic strain; Genes; Mechanical stimulation; Muscle, smooth, vascular; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0033515523     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.6.678     Document Type: Article

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