The roles of activin A and its binding protein, follistatin, in inflammation and tissue repair

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 101-106

  de Kretser, David M ^a,b   O'Hehir, Robyn E ^a,b   Hardy, Charles L ^a,b   Hedger, Mark P ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activin; Fibrosis; Follistatin; Infection markers in blood; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; FIBROSIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MITOSIS; MONOCYTE; MYOFIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FIBROSIS; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTES; TGF-BETA SUPERFAMILY PROTEINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84861653647     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.10.009     Document Type: Review

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