Mechanical force and tensile strain activated hepatic stellate cells and inhibited retinol metabolism

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1141-1152

  Yi, Su Hong ^a   Zhang, Yi ^b   Tang, Dan ^c   Zhu, Liang ^c  

^a Department of Gastroenterology   (China)

^b Department of Thoracic Surgery Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatic stellate cells; Liver fibrosis; Mechanical force; Retinol metabolism; Tensile strain

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOBILE SECURITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

CELLULAR RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; EFFECT OF MECHANICAL PRESSURES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEIN; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MECHANICAL FORCE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTORS; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTINS;

TENSILE STRAIN;

RETINOL;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RATS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84939981162     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-015-1785-5     Document Type: Article

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