2014
Let-7d microRNA affects mesenchymal phenotypic properties of lung fibroblasts
Huleihel L, Ben-Yehudah A, Milosevic J, Yu G, Pandit K, Sakamoto K, Yousef H, LeJeune M, Coon TA, Redinger CJ, Chensny L, Manor E, Schatten G, Kaminski N. Let-7d microRNA affects mesenchymal phenotypic properties of lung fibroblasts. American Journal Of Physiology - Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology 2014, 306: l534-l542. PMID: 24441869, PMCID: PMC3949080, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00149.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsCadherinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell MovementCell ProliferationCells, CulturedEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionFibroblastsFibronectinsHMGA2 ProteinHMGB2 ProteinHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisKeratin-19LungMicroRNAsMyofibroblastsPulmonary AlveoliPulmonary FibrosisS100 Calcium-Binding Protein A4Snail Family Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsTransfectionTransforming Growth Factor betaWound HealingZonula Occludens-1 ProteinConceptsLet-7dFibroblast-specific protein-1Mesenchymal marker αProtein 1Tight junction protein 1Smooth muscle actinMicroRNA Let-7dLung fibrosisProliferation of fibroblastsFibrotic processPrimary fibroblastsEffect of transfectionMuscle actinMesenchymal transitionLung fibroblastsFibroblast responsivenessMesenchymal propertiesKeratin 19Protein expressionEpithelial cellsWound healingN-cadherinProtein inductionReduced motilityTGF
2008
Carbon Monoxide Modulates α–Smooth Muscle Actin and Small Proline Rich-1a Expression in Fibrosis
Zheng L, Zhou Z, Lin L, Alber S, Watkins S, Kaminski N, Choi AM, Morse D. Carbon Monoxide Modulates α–Smooth Muscle Actin and Small Proline Rich-1a Expression in Fibrosis. American Journal Of Respiratory Cell And Molecular Biology 2008, 41: 85-92. PMID: 19097987, PMCID: PMC2701963, DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2007-0401oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAdministration, InhalationAnimalsBleomycinBone DevelopmentCarbon MonoxideCell DeathCell MovementCells, CulturedCornified Envelope Proline-Rich ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingLungMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle DevelopmentOrganometallic CompoundsPulmonary FibrosisTime FactorsTransforming Growth Factor beta1UbiquitinationConceptsExtracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathwayCategories of genesSignal-regulated kinase pathwayNovel transcriptional targetMuscular system developmentGene expression profilingMurine bleomycin modelStress-inducible enzymeTranscriptional targetsAlpha-smooth muscle actin expressionExpression profilingKinase pathwayMuscle actin expressionΑ-smooth muscle actinEffects of COActin expressionGrowth factorHeme oxygenaseExpressionMuscle actinActive moleculesGenesOxygenaseProteinActin