The LIM-only protein FHL2 attenuates lung inflammation during bleomycin-induced fibrosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Alnajar, Abdulaleem ^a   Nordhoff, Carolin ^a   Schied, Tanja ^a   Chiquet Ehrismann, Ruth ^b,c   Loser, Karin ^a   Vogl, Thomas ^a   Ludwig, Stephan ^a   Wixler, Viktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DC-SPECIFIC ICAM-3 GRABBING NONINTEGRIN; FHL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LECTIN; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TENASCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PNEUMONIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TENASCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84894116346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081356     Document Type: Article

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