Leptin enhances the effect of transforming growth factor β in increasing type I collagen formation

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 297, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 906-911

  Tang, Mei ^a   Potter, James J ^a   Mezey, Esteban ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

1(I) collagen; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Stellate cells; TGF ; Transforming growth factor ; Type II receptor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0036031768     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02300-8     Document Type: Article

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