Apelin mediates the induction of profibrogenic genes in human hepatic stellate cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5306-5314

  Melgar Lesmes, Pedro ^a   Casals, Gregori ^a   Pauta, Montserrat ^a   Ros, Josefa ^a   Reichenbach, Vedrana ^a   Bataller, Ramon ^a,b   Morales Ruiz, Manuel ^a,b   Jimenez, Wladimiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; APELIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; ENDOTHELIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; APLN PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROGENESIS; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STELLATE CELL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE I; ENDOTHELIN-1; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78049503283     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0754     Document Type: Article

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