Type 2 epithelial mesenchymal transition in vivo: Truth or pitfalls?

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3312-3317

  Xu, Xue feng ^a,b,c   Dai, Hua ping ^a,b,c  

^a Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Fibroblast; Tissue fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AQUAPORIN; CALVASCULIN; CLAUDIN 2; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 47; INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE; PROTEIN ZO1; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MESENCHYME CELL; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84866648876     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.18.021     Document Type: Article

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