CCN2 is required for bleomycin-induced skin fibrosis in mice

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Liu, Shangxi ^a   Shi Wen, Xu ^b   Abraham, David J ^b   Leask, Andrew ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 78650798178     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.30074     Document Type: Article

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