Lefty A protein inhibits TGF-β1-mediated apoptosis in human renal tubular epithelial cells

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 621-625

  Zheng, Ren Ping ^a,b,c   Bai, Tao ^a   Zhou, Xiao Guang ^a   Xu, Chang Gen ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Xu, Ming Wei ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a,c  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b First People's Hospital of Jiujiang City   (China)

^c Hubei Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Intervention   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Lefty protein; Smad2 protein; Smad3 protein; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

LEFT RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR; LEFTY A PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY TUBULES; LEFT-RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTORS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84879970722     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1556     Document Type: Article

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