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New Insights into the Mechanism of Notch Signalling in Fibrosis

The Notch pathway is an evolutionary conserved signalling mechanism that regulates cellular fate and development in various types of cells. The full spectrum of Notch effects has been well studied over the last decade in the fields of development and embryogenesis. But only recently several studies...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kavian, Niloufar, Servettaz, Amélie, Weill, Bernard, Batteux, Frédéric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22802907
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874312901206010096
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Sumario:The Notch pathway is an evolutionary conserved signalling mechanism that regulates cellular fate and development in various types of cells. The full spectrum of Notch effects has been well studied over the last decade in the fields of development and embryogenesis. But only recently several studies emphasized the involvement of the Notch signalling pathway in fibrosis. This review summarizes the structure and activation of the Notch family members, and focuses on recent findings regarding the role of Notch in organ fibrogenesis, in humans and in animal models.