Modulation of transforming growth factor β response and signaling during transdifferentiation of rat hepatic stellate cells to myofibroblasts

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1094-1106

  Dooley, Steven ^a   Delvoux, Bert ^a   Lahme, Birgit ^a   Mangasser Stephan, Kerstin ^a   Gressner, Axel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRIN FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0034094837     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/he.2000.6126     Document Type: Article

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