Myocardin Is Involved in Mesothelial–Mesenchymal Transition of Human Pleural Mesothelial Cells - Tucker, Torry; Tsukasaki, Yoshikazu; Sakai, Tsuyoshi; Mitsuhashi, Shinya; Komatsu, Satoshi; Jeffers, Ann; Idell, Steven; Ikebe, Mitsuo (American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2019)
Keywords: Active Transport, Cell Nucleus - drug effects; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animal models; Animals; Bleomycin; Bleomycin - adverse effects; Bleomycin - pharmacology; Calponin; Cell Nucleus - metabolism; Cell Nucleus - pathology; Cytoskeleton; Disease; Disease Models, Animal; Empyema; Empyema, Pleural - chemically induced; Empyema, Pleural - metabolism; Empyema, Pleural - pathology; Experiments; Female; Fibrosis; Gene expression; Gene silencing; Genotype & phenotype; Heart failure; Human subjects; Humans; Immunoglobulins; Lungs; Male; Mesenchyme; Mice; Middle Aged; Myofibroblasts - metabolism; Myofibroblasts - pathology; Myosin; Nuclear Proteins - metabolism; Nuclear transport; Original Research; Pathogenesis; Phenotypes; Pleura; Pleura - metabolism; Pleura - pathology; Pleurisy; Proteins; Respiratory function; Signal transduction; Smooth muscle; Soot - toxicity; Streptococcus infections; Thrombin; Trans-Activators - metabolism; Transcription factors; Transforming growth factor; Transforming Growth Factor beta - metabolism; Transforming growth factor-b; United States--US; Texas; smooth muscle; myocardin; α-smooth muscle actin; mesothelial–mesenchymal transition; pleural fibrosis