The Ski-Zeb2-Meox2 pathway provides a novel mechanism for regulation of the cardiac myofibroblast phenotype

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-49

  Cunnington, Ryan H ^a   Northcott, Josette M ^a   Ghavami, Saeid ^a   Filomeno, Krista L ^a   Jahan, Fahmida ^a   Kavosh, Morvarid S ^a   Davies, Jared J L ^a   Wigle, Jeffrey T ^a   Dixon, Ian M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Heart; Myofibroblasts; Phenotype switch; Tgf

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESENCHYME HOMEOBOX 2; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN SKI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZEB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROBLAST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MALE; MESENCHYME; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

FIBROSIS; HEART; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PHENOTYPE SWITCH; TGF-Β;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84891414275     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.126722     Document Type: Article

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