Snail involves in the transforming growth factor β1-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition of retinal pigment epithelial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Li, Hui ^a   Wang, Hongwei ^b   Wang, Fang ^c   Gu, Qing ^a   Xu, Xun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; FIBRONECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ZO1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MIGRATION INHIBITION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VITREORETINOPATHY; CELL LINE; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

GASTROPODA;

CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE;

EID: 80051519486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023322     Document Type: Article

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