Induction of a mesenchymal expression program in lung epithelial cells by Wingless protein (Wnt)/β-catenin requires the presence of c-Jun N-terminal kinase-1 (JNK1)

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-314

  Van Der Velden, Jos L J ^a   Guala, Amy S ^a   Leggett, Susan E ^a   Sluimer, Jasper ^a   Badura, Elsbeth C H L ^a   Janssen Heininger, Yvonne M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Epithelium; Fibrosis; Lung; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CALVASCULIN; CARG BOX BINDING FACTOR A; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ZO1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LUNG; MESODERM; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 8; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84865805629     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0297OC     Document Type: Article

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