Snail1 transcription factor is a critical mediator of hepatic stellate cell activation following hepatic injury

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Scarpa, Melania ^a   Grillo, Alessia R ^a   Brun, Paola ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Stefani, Annalisa ^b   Signori, Sara ^a   Buda, Andrea ^a   Fabris, Paolo ^c   Giordani, Maria Teresa ^c   De Caro, Raffaele ^a   Palù, Giorgio ^a   Castagliuolo, Ignazio ^a   Martines, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; THIOACETAMIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENE SILENCING; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIOACETAMIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79251592247     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00141.2010     Document Type: Article

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