Transforming growth Factor-β-Independent role of connective tissue growth factor in the development of liver fibrosis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2611-2617

  Sakai, Keiko ^a,b   Jawaid, Safdar ^b   Sasaki, Takako ^c   Bou Gharios, George ^a   Sakai, Takao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CTGF PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA TYPE II RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBRONECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84922455093     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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