Involvement of STAT3 in bladder smooth muscle hypertrophy following bladder outlet obstruction

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 299-309

  Fujita, Osamu ^a   Asanuma, Masato ^a   Yokoyama, Teruhiko ^a   Miyazaki, Ikuko ^a   Ogawa, Norio ^a   Kumon, Hiromi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Bladder outlet obstruction; Bladder smooth muscle; Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3); Small interfering RNA (siRNA)

Indexed keywords

STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN, RAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HYPERTROPHY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RNA INTERFERENCE; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846403732     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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