Published in Am J Pathol on May 01, 1991
Hepatic stellate cells: protean, multifunctional, and enigmatic cells of the liver. Physiol Rev (2008) 10.28
Transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in granulation tissue myofibroblasts and in quiescent and growing cultured fibroblasts. J Cell Biol (1993) 8.36
Shared expression of phenotypic markers in systemic sclerosis indicates a convergence of pericytes and fibroblasts to a myofibroblast lineage in fibrosis. Arthritis Res Ther (2005) 1.81
Fat-storing cells as liver-specific pericytes. Spatial dynamics of agonist-stimulated intracellular calcium transients. J Clin Invest (1992) 1.71
Activation-dependent contractility of rat hepatic lipocytes in culture and in vivo. J Clin Invest (1993) 1.63
The hepatic stellate (Ito) cell: its role in human liver disease. Virchows Arch (1997) 1.54
Rat alveolar myofibroblasts acquire alpha-smooth muscle actin expression during bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Pathol (1993) 1.44
Regression of fibrosis after chronic stimulation of cannabinoid CB2 receptor in cirrhotic rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther (2007) 1.33
Contribution of hepatic parenchymal and nonparenchymal cells to hepatic fibrogenesis in biliary atresia. Am J Pathol (1998) 1.28
Expression of histone deacetylase 8, a class I histone deacetylase, is restricted to cells showing smooth muscle differentiation in normal human tissues. Am J Pathol (2004) 1.22
AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma-derived cells in long-term culture express and synthesize smooth muscle alpha-actin. Am J Pathol (1991) 1.19
Synaptophysin: A novel marker for human and rat hepatic stellate cells. Am J Pathol (1999) 1.11
Growth inhibitory properties of endothelin-1 in human hepatic myofibroblastic Ito cells. An endothelin B receptor-mediated pathway. J Clin Invest (1995) 1.10
Attenuation of endocrine-exocrine pancreatic communication in type 2 diabetes: pancreatic extracellular matrix ultrastructural abnormalities. J Cardiometab Syndr (2008) 1.06
Gene expression profiles during activation of cultured rat hepatic stellate cells by tumoral hepatocytes and fetal bovine serum. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol (2010) 1.05
Wound healing in the liver with particular reference to stem cells. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (1998) 1.03
The diffuse stellate cell system. J Mol Histol (2007) 1.02
Vinculin and cellular retinol-binding protein-1 are markers for quiescent and activated hepatic stellate cells in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded human liver. Histochem Cell Biol (2008) 1.01
TGF-β/Smad signaling during hepatic fibro-carcinogenesis (review). Int J Oncol (2014) 1.00
A phase I study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of trabectedin in combination with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in patients with advanced malignancies. Ann Oncol (2008) 0.97
Fibrogenesis in fatty liver associated with obesity and diabetes mellitus type 2. Dig Dis Sci (2007) 0.93
Different effects of rat interferon alpha, beta and gamma on rat hepatic stellate cell proliferation and activation. BMC Cell Biol (2002) 0.92
Stellate cell contraction: role, regulation, and potential therapeutic target. Clin Liver Dis (2008) 0.91
Pigment epithelium-derived factor 34-mer peptide prevents liver fibrosis and hepatic stellate cell activation through down-regulation of the PDGF receptor. PLoS One (2014) 0.89
Association of interleukin-15-induced peripheral immune activation with hepatic stellate cell activation in persons coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV. J Infect Dis (2009) 0.88
Phenotypic modulation of perisinusoidal cells following acute liver injury: a quantitative analysis. Int J Exp Pathol (1992) 0.88
Switch of cadherin expression from E- to N-type during the activation of rat hepatic stellate cells. Histochem Cell Biol (2006) 0.86
Value of α-smooth muscle actin and glial fibrillary acidic protein in predicting early hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Arch Med Sci (2010) 0.85
Endothelin and hepatic wound healing. Pharmacol Res (2011) 0.84
Hepatomegaly in transgenic mice expressing the homeobox gene Cux-1. Mol Carcinog (2005) 0.84
Gliotoxin ameliorates development of fibrosis and cirrhosis in a thioacetamide rat model. Dig Dis Sci (2003) 0.84
Phenotypic change and accumulation of smooth muscle cells in strictures in Crohn's disease: relevance to local angiotensin II system. J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.84
Vinculin: a novel marker for quiescent and activated hepatic stellate cells in human and rat livers. Virchows Arch (2003) 0.83
Protective effects of thymoquinone against cholestatic oxidative stress and hepatic damage after biliary obstruction in rats. J Mol Histol (2012) 0.82
Development of Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Steatosis through Combination of a Synthetic Diet Rich in Disaccharide and Low-Dose Lipopolysaccharides in the Livers of Zucker (fa/fa) Rats. J Clin Biochem Nutr (2009) 0.82
Immunohistochemical study of the phenotypic change of the mesenchymal cells during portal tract maturation in normal and fibrous (ductal plate malformation) fetal liver. Comp Hepatol (2009) 0.81
Long noncoding RNAs expressed in human hepatic stellate cells form networks with extracellular matrix proteins. Genome Med (2016) 0.81
Hepatic stellate cells are involved in the pathogenesis of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). Virchows Arch (2012) 0.80
Cell expression patterns of CD147 in N-diethylnitrosamine/phenobarbital-induced mouse hepatocellular carcinoma. J Mol Histol (2014) 0.80
Immunohistochemical studies of stellate cells in experimental cholestasis in newborn and adult rats. Clinics (Sao Paulo) (2008) 0.79
Comparative studies on expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin in hepatic stellate cells in chronic hepatitis B and C. Dig Dis Sci (2007) 0.79
Experimental models of liver fibrosis. Arch Toxicol (2015) 0.78
Reversible Human TGF-β Signal Shifting between Tumor Suppression and Fibro-Carcinogenesis: Implications of Smad Phospho-Isoforms for Hepatic Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions. J Clin Med (2016) 0.78
Peplomycin, a bleomycin derivative, induces myofibroblasts in pulmonary fibrosis. Int J Exp Pathol (2001) 0.77
Cytoglobin as a Marker of Hepatic Stellate Cell-derived Myofibroblasts. Front Physiol (2015) 0.77
Inhibition of miR-21 rescues liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in ethanol-fed rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol (2016) 0.76
New Concepts on Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Liver Fibrosis; A Review Article. Middle East J Dig Dis (2016) 0.75
Emerging role of adipokine apelin in hepatic remodelling and initiation of carcinogensis in chronic hepatitis C patients. Int J Clin Exp Pathol (2014) 0.75
Reelin expression in human liver of patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. Eur J Histochem (2017) 0.75
Editor's Highlight: Modeling Compound-Induced Fibrogenesis In Vitro Using Three-Dimensional Bioprinted Human Liver Tissues. Toxicol Sci (2016) 0.75
Protective effect of quercetin on liver damage induced by biliary obstruction in rats. J Mol Histol (2010) 0.75
A monoclonal antibody against alpha-smooth muscle actin: a new probe for smooth muscle differentiation. J Cell Biol (1986) 6.83
Elevated circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor in severe chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med (1990) 5.65
Hepatic lipocytes: the principal collagen-producing cells of normal rat liver. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1985) 4.76
Alpha-smooth muscle actin is transiently expressed by myofibroblasts during experimental wound healing. Lab Invest (1990) 4.67
Requirement of tumour necrosis factor for development of silica-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Nature (1990) 3.46
Differentiation repertoire of fibroblastic cells: expression of cytoskeletal proteins as marker of phenotypic modulations. Lab Invest (1990) 3.15
Immunocytochemical detection of desmin in fat-storing cells (Ito cells). Hepatology (1984) 2.75
In vitro and in vivo association of transforming growth factor-beta 1 with hepatic fibrosis. J Cell Biol (1989) 2.47
In situ hybridization for procollagen types I, III and IV mRNA in normal and fibrotic rat liver: evidence for predominant expression in nonparenchymal liver cells. Hepatology (1989) 2.34
Perisinusoidal stellate cells (fat-storing cells, interstitial cells, lipocytes), their related structure in and around the liver sinusoids, and vitamin A-storing cells in extrahepatic organs. Int Rev Cytol (1980) 2.32
Myofibroblasts from diverse pathologic settings are heterogeneous in their content of actin isoforms and intermediate filament proteins. Lab Invest (1989) 2.30
Actin typing on total cellular extracts: a highly sensitive protein-chemical procedure able to distinguish different actins. Eur J Biochem (1981) 2.16
Cytoskeleton of rat aortic smooth muscle cells. Normal conditions and experimental intimal thickening. Lab Invest (1984) 2.15
Purified rat liver fat-storing cells in culture divide and contain collagen. Hepatology (1984) 2.14
Vitamin A-containing lipocytes and formation of type III collagen in liver injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1976) 2.02
Increased production of collagen in vivo by hepatocytes and nonparenchymal cells in rats with carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis. Hepatology (1988) 1.98
Cachectin: a hormone that triggers acute shock and chronic cachexia. J Infect Dis (1988) 1.94
Procollagen expression by nonparenchymal rat liver cells in experimental biliary fibrosis. Gastroenterology (1990) 1.77
Interferon gamma inhibits both proliferation and expression of differentiation-specific alpha-smooth muscle actin in arterial smooth muscle cells. J Exp Med (1989) 1.70
The role of fat-storing cells in Disse space fibrogenesis in alcoholic liver disease. Hepatology (1983) 1.60
Cytoskeletal components of lymphoid organs. I. Synthesis of cytokeratins 8 and 18 and desmin in subpopulations of extrafollicular reticulum cells of human lymph nodes, tonsils, and spleen. Differentiation (1987) 1.52
Increased procollagen mRNA levels in carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in rats. J Biol Chem (1987) 1.51
Alcoholic liver injury in baboons: transformation of lipocytes to transitional cells. Gastroenterology (1984) 1.51
Desmin and actin in the identification of Ito cells and in monitoring their evolution to myofibroblasts in experimental liver fibrosis. Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol Incl Mol Pathol (1988) 1.47
An improved mounting medium for immunofluorescence microscopy. Am J Clin Pathol (1978) 1.45
[Kupfer's cells and fat storing cells in the capillary wall of human liver]. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn (1952) 1.41
Colonic pericryptal fibroblasts. Differentiation pattern in embryogenesis and phenotypic modulation in epithelial proliferative lesions. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol (1989) 1.39
Immunolocalization of laminin in normal rat liver and biosynthesis of laminin by hepatic lipocytes in primary culture. Gastroenterology (1988) 1.29
Lipocytes and transitional cells in alcoholic liver disease: a morphometric study. Hepatology (1988) 1.22
Desmin-containing stellate cells in rat liver; distribution in normal animals and response to experimental acute liver injury. J Pathol (1986) 1.19
Characterization of stromal cells with myoid features in lymph nodes and spleen in normal and pathologic conditions. Am J Pathol (1987) 1.15
Desmin distinguishes cultured fat-storing cells from myofibroblasts, smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts in the rat. J Hepatol (1988) 1.11
Contractile fibroblasts in chronic alcoholic cirrhosis. Gastroenterology (1979) 1.10
Collagen production by rat hepatocytes and sinusoidal cells in primary monolayer culture. Hepatology (1982) 1.10
The role of the Ito cell in perivenular and intralobular fibrosis in alcoholic hepatitis. Arch Pathol Lab Med (1983) 1.09
Sequential changes of extracellular matrix and proliferation of Ito cells with enhanced expression of desmin and actin in focal hepatic injury. Am J Pathol (1986) 1.04
Intermediate filament protein as a marker of uterine stromal cell decidualization. Biol Reprod (1986) 0.96
Role of the Ito cell in liver parenchymal fibrosis in rats fed alcohol and a high fat-low protein diet. Am J Pathol (1988) 0.94
The role of hepatic fat-storing (stellate) cells in retinoid metabolism. Hepatology (1988) 0.94
Hepatic fibrosis after long-term administration of ethanol and moderate vitamin A supplementation in the rat. Hepatology (1983) 0.92
Use of in situ hybridization to identify collagen and albumin mRNAs in isolated mouse hepatocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1983) 0.91
Sensitization of hepatic lipocytes by high-fat diet to stimulatory effects of Kupffer cell-derived factors: implication in alcoholic liver fibrogenesis. Hepatology (1990) 0.86
Alpha-smooth muscle actin is expressed in a subset of bone marrow stromal cells in normal and pathological conditions. Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol Incl Mol Pathol (1989) 0.84
The parasinusoidal cells of the liver: a historical account. Histochem J (1986) 0.80
Isolation and culture of myofibroblasts from rat liver. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1985) 0.78
Histological grading and staging of chronic hepatitis. J Hepatol (1995) 19.57
Transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in granulation tissue myofibroblasts and in quiescent and growing cultured fibroblasts. J Cell Biol (1993) 8.36
A monoclonal antibody against alpha-smooth muscle actin: a new probe for smooth muscle differentiation. J Cell Biol (1986) 6.83
Granulation tissue as a contractile organ. A study of structure and function. J Exp Med (1972) 5.42
Presence of modified fibroblasts in granulation tissue and their possible role in wound contraction. Experientia (1971) 5.14
Alpha-smooth muscle actin is transiently expressed by myofibroblasts during experimental wound healing. Lab Invest (1990) 4.67
Alpha-smooth muscle actin expression upregulates fibroblast contractile activity. Mol Biol Cell (2001) 4.25
Apoptosis mediates the decrease in cellularity during the transition between granulation tissue and scar. Am J Pathol (1995) 4.00
Mechanisms of myofibroblast activity and phenotypic modulation. Exp Cell Res (1999) 3.78
The fibronectin domain ED-A is crucial for myofibroblastic phenotype induction by transforming growth factor-beta1. J Cell Biol (1998) 3.65
Diversity of cytokeratins. Differentiation specific expression of cytokeratin polypeptides in epithelial cells and tissues. J Mol Biol (1981) 3.37
Human smooth muscle autoantibody. Its identification as antiactin antibody and a study of its binding to "nonmuscular" cells. Am J Pathol (1973) 3.36
Contraction of granulation tissue in vitro: similarity to smooth muscle. Science (1971) 3.29
Changes in regional brain glucose metabolism measured with positron emission tomography after paroxetine treatment of major depression. Am J Psychiatry (2001) 3.18
Differentiation repertoire of fibroblastic cells: expression of cytoskeletal proteins as marker of phenotypic modulations. Lab Invest (1990) 3.15
Mechanical tension controls granulation tissue contractile activity and myofibroblast differentiation. Am J Pathol (2001) 3.07
Immunochemical identification of intermediate-sized filaments in human neoplastic cells. A diagnostic aid for the surgical pathologist. Am J Pathol (1981) 2.94
Vascular smooth muscle cells differ from other smooth muscle cells: predominance of vimentin filaments and a specific alpha-type actin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1981) 2.94
Rat hepatic lipocytes express smooth muscle actin upon activation in vivo and in culture. J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol (1992) 2.72
Morphological and immunochemical differences between keloid and hypertrophic scar. Am J Pathol (1994) 2.44
Differentiation-related patterns of expression of proteins of intermediate-size filaments in tissues and cultured cells. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol (1982) 2.32
Dupuytren's contracture: fibroblast contraction? An ultrastructural study. Am J Pathol (1972) 2.31
Myofibroblasts from diverse pathologic settings are heterogeneous in their content of actin isoforms and intermediate filament proteins. Lab Invest (1989) 2.30
Glycogen storage disease type II (Pompe disease)--influence of enzyme replacement therapy in adults. Eur J Neurol (2008) 2.25
Alpha-smooth muscle actin, a differentiation marker of smooth muscle cells, is present in microfilamentous bundles of pericytes. J Histochem Cytochem (1989) 2.23
Biochemical and immunological identification of cytokeratin proteins present in hepatocytes of mammalian liver tissue. Exp Cell Res (1981) 2.22
Atypical ductular proliferation and its inhibition by transforming growth factor beta1 in the 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidine mouse model for chronic alcoholic liver disease. Lab Invest (1999) 2.16
Expression of class II transplantation antigen on vascular smooth muscle cells in human atherosclerosis. J Clin Invest (1985) 2.16
Cytoskeleton of rat aortic smooth muscle cells. Normal conditions and experimental intimal thickening. Lab Invest (1984) 2.15
"Contractile interstitial cells" in pulmonary alveolar septa: a possible regulator of ventilation-perfusion ratio? Ultrastructural, immunofluorescence, and in vitro studies. J Cell Biol (1974) 2.11
Actin and tubulin co-cap with surface immunoglobulins in mouse B lymphocytes. Nature (1977) 2.10
Smooth-muscle differentiation in stromal cells of malignant and non-malignant breast tissues. Int J Cancer (1988) 2.01
Actin expression in smooth muscle cells of rat aortic intimal thickening, human atheromatous plaque, and cultured rat aortic media. J Clin Invest (1984) 1.95
Hepatobiliary transporter expression in percutaneous liver biopsies of patients with cholestatic liver diseases. Hepatology (2001) 1.92
The role of cytoskeletal and cytocontractile elements in pathologic processes. Am J Pathol (1983) 1.91
Monitoring depth of anaesthesia in a randomized trial decreases the rate of postoperative delirium but not postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Br J Anaesth (2013) 1.90
The myofibroblast: a quarter century after its discovery. Am J Surg Pathol (1998) 1.82
Heterogeneity of myofibroblast phenotypic features: an example of fibroblastic cell plasticity. Virchows Arch (1994) 1.79
Phalloidin-induced hyperplasia of actin filaments in rat hepatocytes. Lab Invest (1975) 1.78
Cathepsin K--a marker of macrophage differentiation? J Pathol (2001) 1.77
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in gastrointestinal and extragastrointestinal tumors and its relationship to tumor-cell differentiation. Int J Cancer (1972) 1.75
Focal adhesion features during myofibroblastic differentiation are controlled by intracellular and extracellular factors. J Cell Sci (2001) 1.75
Interferon gamma inhibits both proliferation and expression of differentiation-specific alpha-smooth muscle actin in arterial smooth muscle cells. J Exp Med (1989) 1.70
Over-expression of wild-type Rad51 correlates with histological grading of invasive ductal breast cancer. Int J Cancer (2000) 1.70
Myofibroblasts in human granulation tissue. Hum Pathol (1974) 1.68
Cytoskeletal protein modulation in pulmonary alveolar myofibroblasts during idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Possible role of transforming growth factor beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (1995) 1.67
Intravenous valproic acid in the treatment of severe catatonia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci (2001) 1.66
Proliferation and phenotypic modulation of portal fibroblasts in the early stages of cholestatic fibrosis in the rat. Lab Invest (1996) 1.65
Cellular events and intracellular survival of Campylobacter jejuni during infection of HEp-2 cells. Infect Immun (1989) 1.65
Alpha-smooth muscle actin is expressed in a subpopulation of cultured and cloned fibroblasts and is modulated by gamma-interferon. Exp Cell Res (1992) 1.64
Malignant soft tissue tumors of probable histiocytic origin (malignant fibrous histiocytomas): general considerations and electron microscopic and tissue culture studies. Cancer (1975) 1.62
Effect of gamma-interferon on the clinical and biologic evolution of hypertrophic scars and Dupuytren's disease: an open pilot study. Plast Reconstr Surg (1994) 1.58
Localization of T lymphocytes and macrophages in fibrous and complicated human atherosclerotic plaques. Atherosclerosis (1988) 1.57
New beta-glucoside (bgl) genes in Bacillus subtilis: the bglP gene product has both transport and regulatory functions similar to those of BglF, its Escherichia coli homolog. J Bacteriol (1995) 1.54
Cytoplasmic filaments and gap junctions in epithelial cells and myofibroblasts during wound healing. J Cell Biol (1978) 1.52
Distribution of vimentin and desmin filaments in smooth muscle tissue of mammalian and avian aorta. Exp Cell Res (1982) 1.52
Differences of expression of cytoskeletal proteins in cultured rat hepatocytes and hepatoma cells. Exp Cell Res (1981) 1.51
Alpha-smooth muscle actin in parenchymal cells of bleomycin-injured rat lung. Lab Invest (1989) 1.50
Occurrence and immunolocalization of plectin in tissues. J Cell Biol (1983) 1.47
The contractile fibroblast. Its relevance in plastic surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg (1973) 1.46
Intranuclear injection of anti-actin antibodies into Xenopus oocytes blocks chromosome condensation. Nature (1979) 1.45
Immunocytochemical identification of epithelium-derived human tumors with antibodies to desmosomal plaque proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1983) 1.44
Rat alveolar myofibroblasts acquire alpha-smooth muscle actin expression during bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Pathol (1993) 1.44
Differentiation of smooth muscle cells in human blood vessels as defined by smoothelin, a novel marker for the contractile phenotype. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (1997) 1.44
Collagen and myofibroblasts of granulation tissue. A chemical, ultrastructural and immunologic study. Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol (1976) 1.43
Identification of self-renewing myoblasts in the progeny of single human muscle satellite cells. Differentiation (1996) 1.43
Cytoskeletal features of rat aortic cells during development. An electron microscopic, immunohistochemical, and biochemical study. Circ Res (1985) 1.43
Polarized distribution of actin isoforms in gastric parietal cells. Mol Biol Cell (1995) 1.41
Fibroblasts of granulation tissue: immunofluorescent staining with antismooth muscle serum. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med (1971) 1.41
An actin-destabilizing factor is present in human plasma. Experientia (1979) 1.41
Cytoplasmic contractile apparatus in aortic endothelial cells of hypertensive rats. Lab Invest (1975) 1.41
A histone deacetylase inhibitor, trichostatin A, suppresses myofibroblastic differentiation of rat hepatic stellate cells in primary culture. Hepatology (1999) 1.40
Alpha-smooth muscle actin is transiently expressed in embryonic rat cardiac and skeletal muscles. Differentiation (1988) 1.39
Colonic pericryptal fibroblasts. Differentiation pattern in embryogenesis and phenotypic modulation in epithelial proliferative lesions. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol (1989) 1.39
Cytoskeletal features of normal and atheromatous human arterial smooth muscle cells. Hum Pathol (1986) 1.39
Apoptosis participates in cellularity regulation during rat aortic intimal thickening. Am J Pathol (1995) 1.39
[Combination of interferon-alpha with cytostatic drugs: a potentially successful therapeutic approach in metastatic melanoma]. Hautarzt (1992) 1.38
Ultrastructural, biochemical, and immunologic characterization of Mallory bodies in livers of griseofulvin-treated mice. Fimbriated rods of filaments containing prekeratin-like polypeptides. Lab Invest (1979) 1.36
Smooth muscle differentiation in scleroderma fibroblastic cells. Am J Pathol (1990) 1.36
Vimentin-containing smooth muscle cells in aortic intimal thickening after endothelial injury. Lab Invest (1982) 1.34
Formation and involution of Mallory bodies ("alcoholic hyalin") in murine and human liver revealed by immunofluorescence microscopy with antibodies to prekeratin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1979) 1.33
Actin isoform synthesis and mRNA levels in quiescent and proliferating rat aortic smooth muscle cells in vivo and in vitro. Lab Invest (1986) 1.33
Effects of ursodeoxycholic and cholic acid feeding on hepatocellular transporter expression in mouse liver. Gastroenterology (2001) 1.32
Apoptosis during wound healing, fibrocontractive diseases and vascular wall injury. Int J Biochem Cell Biol (1997) 1.32
Increase of contractile proteins in human cancer cells. Lancet (1975) 1.32
LicT, a Bacillus subtilis transcriptional antiterminator protein of the BglG family. J Bacteriol (1996) 1.32
Cytodifferentiation and expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin mRNA and protein during primary culture of aortic smooth muscle cells. Correlation with cell density and proliferative state. Arteriosclerosis (1989) 1.32
Locally applied GM-CSF induces the accumulation of alpha-smooth muscle actin containing myofibroblasts. Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol Incl Mol Pathol (1991) 1.31
Risk factors for developing cutaneous melanoma and criteria for identifying persons at risk: multicenter case-control study of the Central Malignant Melanoma Registry of the German Dermatological Society. J Invest Dermatol (1994) 1.31
Interferon-gamma inhibits experimental renal fibrosis. Kidney Int (1999) 1.30
Inhibition of rat hepatic lipocyte activation in culture by interferon-gamma. Hepatology (1992) 1.30
Mechanisms of neointima formation and remodeling in the porcine coronary artery. Circulation (2001) 1.28
Biochemical and immunocytochemical analysis of the intermediate filament cytoskeleton in human hepatocellular carcinomas and in hepatic neoplastic nodules of mice. Lab Invest (1982) 1.27
Rat fibroblasts cultured from various organs exhibit differences in alpha-smooth muscle actin expression, cytoskeletal pattern, and adhesive structure organization. Exp Cell Res (1998) 1.27
Phenotypic features of smooth muscle cells during the evolution of experimental carotid artery intimal thickening. Biochemical and morphologic studies. Lab Invest (1991) 1.25
Actin microfilaments, cell shape, and secretory processes in isolated rat hepatocytes. Effect of phalloidin and cytochalasin D. J Cell Biol (1979) 1.25
Blood pressure-independent cardiac hypertrophy induced by locally activated renin-angiotensin system. Hypertension (1998) 1.25
Hepatocellular hyalin in cholestasis and cirrhosis: its diagnostic significance. Gastroenterology (1973) 1.23
The area of attachment of cytotoxic T lymphocytes to their target cells shows high motility and polarization of actin, but not myosin. J Immunol (1982) 1.23
A 10-year experience with Japanese-type radical lymph node dissection for gastric cancer outside of Japan. Cancer (1995) 1.22