Thymosin-β4 (Tβ4) blunts PDGF-dependent phosphorylation and binding of AKT to actin in hepatic stellate cells

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2100-2108

  Reyes Gordillo, Karina ^a   Shah, Ruchi ^a   Popratiloff, Anastas ^a   Fu, Sidney ^a   Hindle, Anna ^a   Brody, Frederick ^a   Rojkind, Marcos ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AMINO ACID; CHEMOKINE; COLLAGEN ALPHA1 CHAIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE 1; SERINE; THREONINE; THYMOSIN BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDIATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SERUM; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 79959232291     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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