Neuronal Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP) is critical for formation of α-smooth muscle action filaments during myofibroblast differentiation

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Cai, Guo Qiang ^a   Chou, Chu Fang ^b   Hu, Meng ^a   Zheng, Anni ^a   Reichardt, Louis F ^c   Guan, Jun Lin ^d   Fang, Haotian ^a   Luckhardt, Tracy R ^a   Zhou, Yong ^a   Thannickal, Victor J ^a   Ding, Qiang ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroblast; Fibrosis; Focal adhesion kinase; Lung fibrosis; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN; CYTOPLASM; FIBROBLASTS; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE 1; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TYROSINE; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL;

EID: 84867722834     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00390.2011     Document Type: Article

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