Upregulation of both PDGF-BB and PDGF-BB receptor in human bladder fibroblasts in response to physiologic hydrostatic pressure

Journal of Pediatric Urology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 402-408

  Akbal, Cem ^a   Lee, Sang Don ^b   Jung, Chaeyong ^a   Rink, Richard ^a   Kaefer, Martin ^a  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bladder fibroblasts; PDGF BB; PDGF BB receptor; Pressure

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PERMEABILITY; BLADDER PRESSURE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MYOFIBROSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TIME; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33750612515     PISSN: 14775131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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