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AMP-activated protein kinase inhibits transforming growth factor-beta-induced Smad3-dependent transcription and myofibroblast transdifferentiation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Apr 2008
Mishra Rangnath, Cool Barbara L, Laderoute Keith R, Foretz Marc, Viollet Benoit, Simonson Michael S
Abstract excerpt
In wound healing, myofibroblast transdifferentiation (MFT) is a metaplastic change in phenotype producing profibrotic effector cells that secrete and remodel the extracellular matrix. Unlike pathways that induce MFT, the molecular mechanisms that negatively regulate MFT are poorly understood. Here, we report that AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) blocks MFT in response to transforming growth factor-beta...
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