Myofibroblasts exhibit enhanced fibronectin assembly that is intrinsic to their contractile phenotype

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6951-6961

  Torr, Elizabeth E ^a   Ngam, Caitlyn R ^a   Bernau, Ksenija ^a   Tomasini Johansson, Bianca ^a   Acton, Benjamin ^a   Sandbo, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBROBLASTS; GENES; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CONTRACTILE FORCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; INTRINSIC CAPACITY; MATRIX FORMATION; MYOFIBROBLASTS; RESPONSE FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLES; TARGET GENES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; MEGAKARYOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA 1 PROTEIN; MYOSIN; RHO KINASE; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; MKL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN GENE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; METABOLISM;

ACTINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84925002775     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.606186     Document Type: Article

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