An overview of hedgehog signaling in fibrosis

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 174-182

  Hu, Liping ^a,b   Lin, Xiangyang ^a   Lu, Hong ^a   Chen, Bicheng ^a   Bai, Yongheng ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine JianLi County People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYCLOPAMINE; DESMIN; FIBRONECTIN; FOLLISTATIN; GELATINASE B; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 14; OSTEOPONTIN; PROTEIN PATCHED; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT FIBROSIS; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROGENESIS; FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEDGEHOG SIGNALING PATHYWAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FIBROSIS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84919768878     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.114.095141     Document Type: Review

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