Cell contact-dependent regulation of epithelial-myofibroblast transition via the Rho-Rho kinase-phospho-myosin pathway

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1083-1097

  Fan, Lingzhi ^a,b   Sebe, Attila ^a,b,c   Péterfi, Zalán ^a,b   Masszi, András ^a,b   Thirone, Ana C P ^a,b   Rotstein, Ori D ^a,b   Nakano, Hiroyasu ^d   McCulloch, Christopher A ^e   Szászi, Katalin ^a,b   Mucsi, István ^c   Kapus, András ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BLEBBISTATIN; CALCIUM ION; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN MRTF; RHO FACTOR; RHO KINASE; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33947099459     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-07-0602     Document Type: Article

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