The Role of PPAR Gamma in Systemic Sclerosis

PPAR Research

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dantas, Andréa Tavares ^a   Pereira, Michelly Cristiny ^a   De Melo Rego, Moacyr Jesus Barreto ^a   Da Rocha, Laurindo Ferreira ^a   Pitta, Ivan Da Rocha ^a   Marques, Cláudia Diniz Lopes ^a   Duarte, Angela Luzia Branco Pinto ^a   Pitta, Maira Galdino Da Rocha ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

15 DEOXY DELTA12,14 PROSTAGLANDIN J2; 2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ADIPONECTIN; AJULEMIC ACID; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BARDOXOLONE; CARNITINE; CIGLITAZONE; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; EPLERENONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; IRBESARTAN; LEPTIN; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PIOGLITAZONE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; ROSIGLITAZONE; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TROGLITAZONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG FIBROSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84930001817     PISSN: 16874757     EISSN: 16874765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/124624     Document Type: Review

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