Regulation of connective tissue growth factor (ccn2; ctgf) gene expression in human mesangial cells: Modulation by HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins)

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 176-179

  Goppelt Struebe, M ^a   Hahn, A ^a   Iwanciw, D ^a   Rehm, M ^a   Banas, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ccn2; Connective tissue growth factor; Mesangial cells; Rho proteins; Statins

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SIMVASTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; ISOPRENYLATION; MESANGIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0034976494     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.54.3.176     Document Type: Article

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