Megakaryoblastic leukemia-1 is required for the development of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis

Respiratory Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bernau, Ksenija ^a   Ngam, Caitlyn ^a   Torr, Elizabeth E ^a   Acton, Benjamin ^a   Kach, Jacob ^b   Dulin, Nickolai O ^b   Sandbo, Nathan ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; MKL1; Myofibroblasts; Pulmonary fibrosis; SRF

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MEGALOKARYOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA 1; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTACOID; MKL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMLINE MUTATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBRONECTINS; GENOTYPE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LUNG; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84927777902     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-015-0206-6     Document Type: Article

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