The effect of hypoxia on the expression of RHO/RHO signaling pathway and CTGF of human embryonic fibroblasts

Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Science)

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 946-950

  Gao, Yan ^a   Xie, Min ^a   He, Zheng Ping ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Zheng, Jia Qun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Connective tissue growth factor; Human embryonic fibroblasts; Hypoxia; Hypoxia inducible factor 1 ; RhoA ROCK1

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649880512     PISSN: 1672173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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