Sequential Analysis of myofibroblast differentiation and transforming growth factor-β1/Smad pathway activation in Murine Pulmonary Fibrosis

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-59

  Usuki, Jiro ^a   Matsuda, Kuniko ^a   Azuma, Arata ^a   Kudoh, Shoji ^a   Gemma, Akihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myofibroblast differentiation; Pulmonary fibrosis; Transforming growth factor Smad pathway

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BLEOMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN TYPE I; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84856887459     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.79.46     Document Type: Article

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