Wnt5a participates in hepatic stellate cell activation observed by gene expression profile and functional assays

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1745-1752

  Xiong, Wu Jun ^a   Hu, Li Juan ^a   Jian, Yi Cheng ^a   Wang, Li Jing ^a   Jiang, Ming ^a   Li, Wei ^a   He, Yi ^a  

^a Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of Ministry of Education   (China)

Author keywords

Bi oinformatics analyses; Hepatic stellate cells; Liver fibrosis; Microarray; Wnt5a

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STELLATE CELL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84866158400     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i15.1745     Document Type: Article

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