Egr-1 is involved in the inhibitory effect of leptin on PPARγ expression in hepatic stellate cell in vitro

Life Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 544-551

  Zhou, Yajun ^a   Jia, Xin ^a   Zhou, Mingming ^a   Liu, Jie ^b  

^a NANTONG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Early growth response 1(Egr 1); Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cell; Leptin; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR )

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; LEPTIN; MALE; PLASMIDS; PPAR GAMMA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 62749188230     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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