Glial fibrillary acidic protein promoter targets pancreatic stellate cells

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-236

  Ding, Z ^a   Maubach, G ^a   Masamune, A ^b   Zhuo, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GFAP; Pancreatic fibrosis; Pancreatic stellate cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; RETINOL; RETINOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; STELLATE CELL; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; BUTADIENES; CELL LINE; CHROMONES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOLINES; NITRILES; PANCREAS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 60949099557     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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