Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in fibrosis: Collagen type I expression is highly upregulated after EMT, but does not contribute to collagen deposition

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 319, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 3000-3009

  Hosper, Nynke A ^a   Van Den Berg, Paul P ^a   De Rond, Saskia ^a   Popa, Eliane R ^a   Wilmer, Martijn J ^b   Masereeuw, Rosalinde ^b   Bank, Ruud A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collagen deposition; Epithelial cells; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Fibrosis; Myofibroblasts

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84886600453     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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