Expression of Smad7 inhibits fibrogenic responses of keratocytesto transforming growth factor β2

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1988-1993

  Wang, Ti ^a   Zhou, Xing Tao ^a   Yu, Yan ^b   Dai, Jin Hui ^a   Qu, Xiao Mei ^a   Le, Qi Hua ^a   Chu, Ren Yuan ^a  

^a EYE AND ENT HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Fibrosis; Proliferation; Smad7; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROGENESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR FIBROSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD7 GENE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE III; CORNEAL KERATOCYTES; GENETIC VECTORS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LENTIVIRUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 79960048971     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.13.012     Document Type: Article

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