Histone methyltransferase ASH1 orchestrates fibrogenic gene transcription during myofibroblast transdifferentiation

Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1129-1139

  Perugorria, Maria Jesus ^a   Wilson, Caroline L ^a   Zeybel, Mujdat ^a   Walsh, Meagan ^a   Amin, Shilu ^a   Robinson, Stuart ^a   White, Steven A ^a   Burt, Alastair D ^a   Oakley, Fiona ^a   Tsukamoto, Hidekazu ^b   Mann, Derek A ^a   Mann, Jelena ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE ASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; FIBROSIS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MICE; MYOFIBROBLASTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84865559553     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25754     Document Type: Article

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