CD147 promotes liver fibrosis progression via VEGF-A/VEGFR2 signalling-mediated cross-talk between hepatocytes and sinusoidal endothelial cells

Clinical Science

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 699-710

  Yan, Zhaoyong ^a   Qu, Kai ^b   Zhang, Jing ^c   Huang, Qichao ^c   Qu, Ping ^c   Xu, Xinsen ^b   Yuan, Peng ^a   Huang, Xiaojun ^c   Shao, Yongping ^b   Liu, Chang ^b   Zhang, Hongxin ^a   Xing, Jinliang ^c  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CD147; Hepatocytes; Liver fibrosis; Sinusoidal endothelial cell; VEGF A VEGFR 2 signalling

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CD147 ANTIGEN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL MOTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY);

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD147; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84942856801     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: 14708736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20140823     Document Type: Article

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