Snail is required for transforming growth factor-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition by activating PI3 kinase/Akt signal pathway

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-343

  Cho, Hee Jun ^a   Baek, Kyoung Eun ^a   Saika, Shizuya ^b   Jeong, Moon Jin ^c   Yoo, Jiyun ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Akt; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; PI3 kinase; Snail; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY RESPONSE GENE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MESODERM; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 33845787629     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.12.035     Document Type: Article

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