Rho activation is required for transforming growth factor-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lens epithelial cells

Cell Biology International

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1225-1230

  Cho, Hee Jun ^a   Yoo, Jiyun ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Rho; ROCK; Smad; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; RHO FACTOR; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; LENS EPITHELIUM; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 34447103569     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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