Cytoglobin as a marker of hepatic stellate cell-derived myofibroblasts

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Kawada, Norifumi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoglobin; Hypoxia; Liver fibrosis; Myofibroblast; Stellate cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CELL MARKER; CYTOGLOBIN; ELASTIN; FIBULIN; FIBULIN 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATIC STELLATE CELL DERIVED MYOFIBROBLAST; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER MYOFIBROBLAST; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERMAL MESENCHYMAL CELL; MESOTHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PORTAL FIBROBLAST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 84949564336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00329     Document Type: Review

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