Loss of γ-cytoplasmic actin triggers myofibroblast transition of human epithelial cells

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3133-3146

  Lechuga, Susana ^a   Baranwal, Somesh ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Naydenov, Nayden G ^a   Kuemmerle, John F ^a   Dugina, Vera ^a   Chaponnier, Christine ^b   Ivanov, Andrei I ^a,c,d  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR GROWTH; CELL CULTURE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MYOFIBROBLASTS; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR;

EID: 84908140930     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E14-03-0815     Document Type: Article

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