Insoluble, speckled cytosolic distribution of retinoic acid receptor alpha protein as a marker of hepatic stellate cell activation in vitro

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 687-699

  Mezaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Noriko ^a   Yoshikawa, Kiwamu ^a   Miura, Mitsutaka ^a   Imai, Katsuyuki ^a   Itoh, Hideaki ^a   Senoo, Haruki ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic stellate cell; Liver fibrosis; Nuclear import; Nuclear localization signal; Retinoic acid receptor; Retinoid; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; CADHERIN; CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 1; CYCLINE; DETERGENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYBRID PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSOL; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STELLATE CELL; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENETICS; ITO CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MUTATION; SOLUBILITY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE; CYTOSOL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 67651171324     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2009.953208     Document Type: Article

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