Activation of Egr-1 in Human Lung Epithelial Cells Exposed to Silica through MAPKs Signaling Pathways

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Chu, Ling ^a   Wang, Tiansheng ^a   Hu, Yongbin ^b   Gu, Yonghong ^a   Su, Zanshan ^a   Jiang, Haiying ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880424712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068943     Document Type: Article

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