Suppression of fibrogenic signaling in hepatic stellate cells by twist1-dependent microRNA-214 expression: Role of exosomes in horizontal transfer of twist

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 6, 2015, Pages G491-G499

  Chen, Li ^a   Chen, Ruju ^a   Kemper, Sherri ^a   Charrier, Alyssa ^a,b   Brigstock, David R ^a,b,c  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CCN2; Connective tissue growth factor; E box; Exosome; Fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DYNAMIN III; MICRORNA 214; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CTGF PROTEIN, MOUSE; MICRORNA; MIRN214 MICRORNA, MOUSE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TWIST1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E BOX ELEMENT; EXOSOME; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; EXOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICRORNAS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84941634791     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00140.2015     Document Type: Article

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