Ha-Ras stabilization mediates pro-fibrotic signals in dermal fibroblasts

Fibrogenesis and Tissue Repair

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Smaldone, Silvia ^a   Olivieri, Jacopo ^b   Gusella, Gabriele L ^a   Moroncini, Gianluca ^b   Gabrielli, Armando ^b   Ramirez, Francesco ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

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EID: 79952771688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17551536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-1536-4-8     Document Type: Article

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