Trichostatin A, lead compound for development of antifibrogenic drugs

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-246

  Rombouts, K ^a   Niki, T ^a   Wielant, A ^a   Hellemans, K ^a   Geerts, A ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Hepatic stellate cells; Liver fibrosis; Proliferation; Trichostatin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROCOLLAGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034790590     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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