Serum response factor: Look into the gut

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2195-2201

  Modak, Cristina ^a   Chai, Jianyuan ^b  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cell invasion; Myofibroblast differentiation; Serum response factor; Smooth muscle contraction; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CAGA PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; K RAS PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PROTEIN C FOS; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SMOOTHELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UVOMORULIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VILLIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; GENE MAPPING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STOMACH ULCER; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952665466     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i18.2195     Document Type: Editorial

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