Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF/CCN2) enhances lactogenic differentiation of mammary epithelial cells via integrin-mediated cell adhesion

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Morrison, Bethanie L ^a,b   Jose, Cynthia C ^a   Cutler, Mary L ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN ANTIBODY; BETA CASEIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN ANTIBODY; BETA3 INTEGRIN; BETA3 INTEGRIN ANTIBODY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CASEIN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 6;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TUMOR CELL LINE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CASEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FOCAL ADHESIONS; INTEGRIN ALPHA6BETA1; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77954044127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-11-35     Document Type: Article

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