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In vitro , procollagen gene expression increases in human liver cells after exposure to lipid peroxide breakdown products [ 16].
On the other hand, PGI 2 decreases vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and collagen and glycosaminoglycane synthesis, via activation of adenylyl cyclase and subsequent production of cAMP [ 17 ] . Betaprost, an analog of PGI 2 , decreases procollagen I and III mRNA expression in cardiac fibroblasts [ 18 ] . These effects may counteract the profibrotic effects seen with TXA 2 and it is possible that an alteration of a "normal" physiologic balance between PGI 2 and TXA 2 could increase tendency towards fibrogenesis.
Membranes were sequentially hybridized with radioactive probes for α2(I) procollagen and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and scanned with a PhosphorImager (Molecular Dynamics, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA) for mRNA quantitation.
Membranes were sequentially hybridized with radioactive probes for α2(I) procollagen and GAPDH and scanned with a PhosphorImager (Molecular Dynamics, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) for mRNA quantitation.
AP-1 = activator protein-1; COL2A1 = procollagen 2 alpha 1; egr-1 = early growth response gene-1; ets = erythroblastosis gene twenty-six; IL-1β = interleukin-1β; LH = lactalbumin hydrolysate; LIF = leukemia inhibitory factor; MAPK= mitogen-activated protein kinase; MMP = matrix metalloproteinase; NF-κB = nuclear factor-κB; OA = osteoarthritis; PDGF = platelet-derived growth factor; RT-PCR = reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; SMAD4 = mothers against dpp homolog 4; TGF-β = transforming growth factor-β.
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