Post-transcriptional regulation of α-smooth muscle actin determines the contractile phenotype of Dupuytren's nodular cells

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 681-690

  Verjee, Liaquat Suleman ^a   Midwood, Kim ^a   Davidson, Dominique ^b   Eastwood, Mark ^c   Nanchahal, Jagdeep ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ISOLATION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77954615086     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22167     Document Type: Article

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