An EGFR autocrine loop encodes a slow-reacting but dominant mode of mechanotransduction in a polarized epithelium

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1604-1615

  Kojic, Nikola ^a   Chung, Euiheon ^a,b   Kho, Alvin T ^a,c   Park, Jin Ah ^d   Huang, Austin ^a   So, Peter T C ^e   Tschumperlin, Daniel J ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway epithelium; Lateral intercellular space; Mechanical stress

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EGFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 77952310754     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-145367     Document Type: Article

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