Rho A and the Rho kinase pathway regulate fibroblast contraction: Enhanced contraction in constitutively active Rho A fibroblast cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-299

  Nobe, Koji ^a   Nobe, Hiromi ^a,d   Yoshida, Hiroko ^a   Kolodney, Michael S ^b   Paul, Richard J ^c   Honda, Kazuo ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BUNKYO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen; Contraction; Fibroblast; Rho A; Rho kinase; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBROBLAST; GENE CONTROL; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; FIBROBLASTS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955842287     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.07.074     Document Type: Article

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