Integrins and cadherins as therapeutic targets in fibrosis

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 5 JUN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Agarwal, Sandeep K ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherins; Epithelial cells; Fibroblasts; Fibrosis; Integrins; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVBETA6 INTEGRIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CADHERIN 11; INTEGRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 3;

BLEOMYCIN-INDUCED PULMONARY FIBROSIS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE-INDUCED LIVER FIBROSIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MACROPHAGE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA; SKIN FIBROSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84904733201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00131     Document Type: Review

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