Regulation of plasticity and fibrogenic activity of trabecular meshwork cells by rho GTPase signaling

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 229, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 927-942

  Pattabiraman, Padmanabhan P ^a   Maddala, Rupalatha ^a   Rao, Ponugoti Vasantha ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALVASCULIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 1A1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; MYOCARDIN RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; PIRFENIDONE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROGENESIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLAUCOMA; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 84896538885     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24524     Document Type: Article

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