TGF-β1 Enhances the Expression of α-Smooth Muscle Actin in Cultured Human Pulpal Fibroblasts: Immunochemical and Ultrastructural Analyses

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1313-1318

  Martinez, Elizabeth F ^a   Araújo, Vera C ^b   Sousa, Suzana O M ^c   Arana Chavez, Victor E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO LEOPOLDO MANDIC INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Brazil)

^c Section of Oral Pathology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

SMA; human dental pulp; myofibroblast phenotype; pulpal fibroblasts; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; OSTEONECTIN; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MYOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH PULP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DENTAL PULP; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYOBLASTS, SMOOTH MUSCLE; OSTEONECTIN; PHENOTYPE; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIMENTIN;

EID: 35348970966     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2007.07.040     Document Type: Article

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