Contractile activity and smooth muscle α-actin organization in thrombin-induced human lung myofibroblasts

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 2 29-2, 2003, Pages

  Bogatkevich, Galina S ^a   Tourkina, Elena ^a   Abrams, Charles S ^b   Harley, Russell A ^a   Silver, Richard M ^a   Ludwicka Bradley, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroblast differentiation; Protein kinase C ; RhoA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN GEL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON; RHO FACTOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCLERODERMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0041343259     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00417.2002     Document Type: Article

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