Syncoilin is an intermediate filament protein in activated hepatic stellate cells

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-99

  Van Rossen, E ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Blijweert, D ^a   Eysackers, N ^a   Mannaerts, I ^a   Schroyen, B ^a   El Taghdouini, A ^a   Edwards, B ^b   Davies, K E ^b   Sokal, E ^c,d   Najimi, M ^c   Reynaert, H ^a   Van Grunsven, L A ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cell; Intermediate filament; Liver; Myofibroblast; Syncoilin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA ACTIN; DESMIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SYNCOILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; ALPHA-SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN, MOUSE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SYNC PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MIGRATION; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STELLATE CELL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FIBROSIS; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

MUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DESMIN; FIBROSIS; HEK293 CELLS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUSCLE PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TUBULIN;

EID: 84892799117     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1142-5     Document Type: Article

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