Keeping fibroblasts in suspense: Taz-mediated signaling activates a context-dependent profibrotic phenotype. focus on “taz activation drives fibroblast spheroid growth, expression of profibrotic paracrine signals, and context-dependent ecm gene expression”

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2017, Pages C274-C276

  Piersma, Bram ^a   Bank, Ruud A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBRONECTIN; MYOCARDIN; MYOCARDIN RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL COACTIVATOR WITH PDZ BINDING MOTIF PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PALMAR FASCIA; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHEROID CELL; FIBROBLAST; PHENOTYPE;

FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85014667917     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00362.2016     Document Type: Editorial

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