Nuclear β-catenin is increased in systemic sclerosis pulmonary fibrosis and promotes lung fibroblast migration and proliferation

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 915-922

  Lam, Anna P ^a   Flozak, Annette S ^a   Russell, Susan ^a   Wei, Jun ^a   Jain, Manu ^a   Mutlu, Gökhan M ^a   Budinger, G R Scott ^a   Feghali Bostwick, Carol A ^b   Varga, John ^a   Gottardi, Cara J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Scleroderma; Wnt catenin signaling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; UPREGULATION;

BETA CATENIN; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79958077377     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2010-0113OC     Document Type: Article

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