Foxm1 transcription factor is required for lung fibrosis and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

EMBO Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-244

  Balli, David ^a   Ustiyan, Vladimir ^a   Zhang, Yufang ^a   Wang, I Ching ^a   Masino, Alex J ^b   Ren, Xiaomeng ^a   Whitsett, Jeffrey A ^a   Kalinichenko, Vladimir V ^a   Kalin, Tanya V ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMT; Foxm1; pulmonary inflammation; radiation induced lung fibrosis; Snail1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; EPITHELIAL DERIVED NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATING FACTOR 78; FIBRONECTIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXF1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FIBROSIS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL;

EID: 84872875594     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.336     Document Type: Article

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