Collagen and fibrosis

Nishinihon Journal of Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 176-184

  Yoshioka, Hidekatsu ^a   Matsuo, Noritaka ^a   Sumiyoshi, Hideaki ^a   Takatani, Keiko ^a   Nagato, Hitoshi ^a   Kimoto, Kenichi ^a   Shin, Toshitaka ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Fibrosis; TGF Smad; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 11; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SCATTER FACTOR ANTAGONIST; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTAGONIST; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG TARGETING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESENCHYME CELL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 18244391195     PISSN: 00290726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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