Gene expression profiling and functional assays of activated hepatic stellate cells suggest that myocardin has a role in activation

Liver International

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-54

  Shimada, Hideaki ^a   Ochi, Takashi ^a   Imasato, Akira ^a   Morizane, Yoshihito ^b   Hori, Masatoshi ^b   Ozaki, Hiroshi ^b   Shinjo, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver fibrosis; Microarray; Pathway; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; MYOCARDIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STELLATE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; LAMININ; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 73349094062     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02120.x     Document Type: Article

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