DNA methylation in fibrosis

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 323-330

  Dowson, Christopher ^a   O'Reilly, Steven ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Methyl cap binding protein; Methylation; PPAR; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; MICRORNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; STELLATE CELL; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84991257046     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: 16181298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2016.06.003     Document Type: Review

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