Identifying fibrosis susceptibility genes in two strains of inbred mice

Chest. 2002 Mar;121(3 Suppl):31S.

Authors

Arnold R Brody¹, G Sakuntala Warshamana, Jing-Yao Liu, Shang-Yi Tsai, Derek A Pociask, David M Brass, David Schwartz

Affiliation

¹ Lung Biology Program, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699, USA. abrody@tulane.edu

PMID: 11893670

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Asbestos
Crosses, Genetic
Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics*
Lung / chemistry
Lung / pathology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Inbred Strains
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Phenotype
Pulmonary Fibrosis / etiology
Pulmonary Fibrosis / genetics*
Pulmonary Fibrosis / metabolism
Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology
RNA, Messenger / analysis
Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha / genetics
Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha / metabolism
Transforming Growth Factor beta / genetics
Transforming Growth Factor beta / metabolism

Substances

RNA, Messenger
Transforming Growth Factor beta
Asbestos
Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha