Elevation of Twist expression by arecoline contributes to the pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis

Elevation of Twist expression by arecoline contributes to the pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF), a chronic progressive scarring disease, has been considered as a precancerous condition of oral mucosa. In this study, we investigated the functional role of Twist, an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) transcriptional factor, in myofibroblastic differentiation ac...

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Main Authors: Yu-Hsien Lee, Li-Chiu Yang, Fang-Wei Hu, Chih-Yu Peng, Chuan-Hang Yu, Cheng-Chia Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
arecoline
myofibroblasts
oral submucous fibrosis
Twist
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664615001795

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