2011
High Throughput Determination of TGFβ1/SMAD3 Targets in A549 Lung Epithelial Cells
Zhang Y, Handley D, Kaplan T, Yu H, Bais AS, Richards T, Pandit KV, Zeng Q, Benos PV, Friedman N, Eickelberg O, Kaminski N. High Throughput Determination of TGFβ1/SMAD3 Targets in A549 Lung Epithelial Cells. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e20319. PMID: 21625455, PMCID: PMC3098871, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase SequenceCell LineChromatin ImmunoprecipitationDNA PrimersElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayEpithelial CellsHumansLungOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSmad3 ProteinTransforming Growth Factor beta1ConceptsGene expression microarraysLung epithelial cellsMolecular pathwaysTranscriptional regulationExpression microarraysGlobal transcriptional regulationTGFβ1/Smad3Epithelial cellsHuman promoter regionsSignal transduction cascadeTarget gene expressionEpithelial cell phenotypeGene expression analysisTranscription factor Smad3Primary lung epithelial cellsSmad3 targetsQuantitative real-time RT-PCRFOXA2 promoterHuman A549 alveolar epithelial cellsChromatin immunoprecipitationTransduction cascadeTarget genesA549 lung epithelial cellsExpression analysisGene expression
2009
WNT5A Is a Regulator of Fibroblast Proliferation and Resistance to Apoptosis
Vuga LJ, Ben-Yehudah A, Kovkarova-Naumovski E, Oriss T, Gibson KF, Feghali-Bostwick C, Kaminski N. WNT5A Is a Regulator of Fibroblast Proliferation and Resistance to Apoptosis. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2009, 41: 583-589. PMID: 19251946, PMCID: PMC2778165, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0201oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisBeta CateninBlotting, WesternCase-Control StudiesCaspase 3Cell LineCell ProliferationCell SurvivalFibroblastsFibronectinsGene Expression ProfilingHumansHydrogen PeroxideIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisIntegrin alpha5LungMiceOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProto-Oncogene ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA InterferenceTransfectionUp-RegulationWnt ProteinsWnt-5a ProteinConceptsUsual interstitial pneumoniaNormal lung fibroblastsLung tissueLung fibroblastsFibrotic interstitial lung diseaseInterstitial lung fibrosisSpecific histopathologic patternIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisInterstitial lung diseaseRole of Wnt5aReal-time RT-PCRQuantitative real-time RT-PCRInterstitial pneumoniaPulmonary fibrosisAutoimmune diseasesHistopathologic patternLung diseaseLung fibrosisHistological patternNormal histologyWnt/beta-catenin pathwayCanonical Wnt/beta-catenin pathwayWestern blotFibroblast proliferationBeta-catenin pathway