Loss of Sept4 exacerbates liver fibrosis through the dysregulation of hepatic stellate cells

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 768-778

  Iwaisako, Keiko ^a   Hatano, Etsuro ^a   Taura, Kojiro ^a,b   Nakajima, Akio ^a   Tada, Masaharu ^a   Seo, Satoru ^a   Tamaki, Nobuyuki ^a   Sato, Fumiaki ^a   Ikai, Iwao ^a   Uemoto, Shinji ^a   Kinoshita, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic stellate cells; Liver fibrosis; Myofibroblastic transformation; Septin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; PROTEIN SEPT4; SEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE CONTROL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STELLATE CELL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 53249151670     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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