Smad3 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 coordinately mediate transforming growth factor-β-induced expression of connective tissue growth factor in human fibroblasts

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1162-1169

  Leivonen, Suvi Katri ^a,b   Häkkinen, Lari ^c   Liu, David ^d   Kähäri, Veli Matti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d FIBROGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective tissue growth factor; Cyr61; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Smad; TGF

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROGENESIS; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 20544457454     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23750.x     Document Type: Article

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