Genesis of the myofibroblast in lung injury and fibrosis

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 148-152

  Phan, Sem H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Epigenetic regulation; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 4; MICRORNA 192; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRICHOSTATIN A;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INJURY; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUNG INJURY; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84865827400     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: 19435665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.201201-011AW     Document Type: Conference Paper

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