Nuclear p120 catenin unlocks mitotic block of contactinhibited human corneal endothelial monolayers without disrupting adherent junctions

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3636-3648

  Zhu, Ying Ting ^a   Chen, Hung Chi ^a,b   Chen, Szu Yu ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^a  

^a OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Contact inhibition; Endothelial mesenchymal transformation; Human corneal endothelium; Kaiso; P120 catenin; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BETA CATENIN; CATENIN; PROTEIN P120; PROTEIN ZO1; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATENINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTACT INHIBITION; CORNEA; EDETIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WNT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860746929     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.103267     Document Type: Article

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