2009
Intracellular calcium signals regulate growth of hepatic stellate cells via specific effects on cell cycle progression
Soliman EM, Rodrigues MA, Gomes DA, Sheung N, Yu J, Amaya MJ, Nathanson MH, Dranoff JA. Intracellular calcium signals regulate growth of hepatic stellate cells via specific effects on cell cycle progression. Cell Calcium 2009, 45: 284-292. PMID: 19131107, PMCID: PMC3018528, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2008.11.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalcium SignalingCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Cdc25 PhosphatasesCell CompartmentationCell CycleCell NucleusCell ProliferationChelating AgentsCytosolEgtazic AcidEnzyme InhibitorsG2 PhaseHepatocytesHumansIntracellular SpaceParvalbuminsPhosphorylationProtein TransportRatsSubcellular FractionsConceptsHepatic stellate cellsLiver fibrosisStellate cellsImmortalized human hepatic stellate cellsHSC growthHuman hepatic stellate cellsRat hepatic stellate cellsPrimary rat hepatic stellate cellsIntracellular calcium signalsCdc25C phosphorylationPharmacological therapyCalmodulin kinase IIImportant mediatorCell cycle progressionHSC proliferationCell proliferationLogical targetCalcium signalsAdenoviral constructDownstream intracellularG2/M checkpointCaMK IIFibrosisBlockadeParvalbumin
2006
Cloning, purification, and identification of the liver canalicular ecto-ATPase as NTPDase8
Fausther M, Lecka J, Kukulski F, Lévesque S, Pelletier J, Zimmermann H, Dranoff JA, Sévigny J. Cloning, purification, and identification of the liver canalicular ecto-ATPase as NTPDase8. AJP Gastrointestinal And Liver Physiology 2006, 292: g785-g795. PMID: 17095758, PMCID: PMC3952495, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00293.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphatasesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntigens, CDApyraseCatalysisCell LineChlorocebus aethiopsCloning, MolecularCOS CellsDeoxycholic AcidEnzyme InhibitorsHepatocytesHumansKineticsLiverMolecular Sequence DataNucleotidesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRecombinant ProteinsSequence Homology, Amino AcidSodium AzideSubstrate SpecificityConceptsExtracellular nucleotidesSpecific transmembrane receptorsAmino acid sequenceTerminal amino acid sequenceHEK293T cellsCritical liver functionsNTPDase2/CD39L1Cell surface enzymeTransmembrane receptorsAcid sequenceHigh identityCOS-7Recombinant proteinsNTPDase8Molecular identityNucleoside salvageEcto-ATPaseAffigel BlueNTPDase3 expression
1999
Regulation of bile acid transport: Beyond molecular cloning
Dranoff J, Nathanson M. Regulation of bile acid transport: Beyond molecular cloning. Hepatology 1999, 29: 1912-1913. PMID: 10347140, DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290643.Peer-Reviewed Original Research