Contribution of small GTPase Rho and its target protein ROCK in a murine model of lung fibrosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 210-217

  Shimizu, Y ^a   Dobashi, K ^a   Iizuka, K ^a   Horie, T ^a   Suzuki, K ^a   Tukagoshi, H ^a   Nakazawa, T ^a   Nakazato, Y ^a   Mori, M ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ACTIN; BLEOMYCIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; RHO ASSOCIATED COILED COIL FORMING PROTEIN KINASE; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0035151723     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.1.2001089     Document Type: Article

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