ROCK and rho: Promising therapeutic targets to ameliorate pulmonary fibrosis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 909-912

  Riches, David W H ^a,b   Backos, Donald S ^c   Redente, Elizabeth F ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; NINTEDANIB; PIRFENIDONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELLS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; NICK END LABELING; NOTE; NUCLEAR IMPORT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; LUNG; MESODERM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; MESODERM; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84925307764     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.01.005     Document Type: Note

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