Requirement of transforming growth factor β-activated kinase 1 for transforming growth factor β-induced α-smooth muscle actin expression and extracellular matrix contraction in fibroblasts

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 234-241

  Shi Wen, Xu ^a   Parapuram, Sunil K ^b   Pala, Daphne ^b   Chen, Yunliang ^c   Carter, David E ^d   Eastwood, Mark ^c   Denton, Christopher P ^a   Abraham, David J ^a   Leask, Andrew ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d London Regional Genomics Centre   (Canada)

^e WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN GEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ACTIVATED KINASE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROGENESIS; FIBROSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERODERMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 1; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SRC-FAMILY KINASES;

EID: 58249109358     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24223     Document Type: Article

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