Leptin-mediated cytoskeletal remodeling in chondrocytes occurs via the RhoA/ROCK pathway

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-374

  Liang, Jinqian ^a   Feng, Juefei ^a   Wu, William Ka Kei ^b   Xiao, Jun ^c   Wu, Zhihong ^a   Han, Dong ^d   Zhu, Yong ^e   Qiu, Guixing ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cytoskeleton; F actin; fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET); leptin; osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

COFILIN; COFILIN 2; F ACTIN; LEPTIN; LIM KINASE 1; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; AGED; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCYTES; COFILIN 1; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LIM KINASES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79251539589     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21257     Document Type: Article

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