Hedgehog activity, epithelial-mesenchymal transitions, and biliary dysmorphogenesis in biliary atresia

Signals from dying hepatocytes trigger growth of liver progenitors

(2010) Y. Jung et al.   GUT

Activation of Rac1 promotes hedgehog-mediated acquisition of the myofibroblastic phenotype in rat and human hepatic stellate cells

(2010) Steve S. Choi et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Leptin Promotes the Myofibroblastic Phenotype in Hepatic Stellate Cells by Activating the Hedgehog Pathway

(2010) Steve S. Choi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Induction of innate immune response and absence of subsequent tolerance to dsRNA in biliary epithelial cells relate to the pathogenesis of biliary atresia

(2010) Kenichi Harada et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

GLI3-dependent repression of DR4 mediates hedgehog antagonism of TRAIL-induced apoptosis

(2010) S Kurita et al.   ONCOGENE

Hedgehog pathway activation and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions during myofibroblastic transformation of rat hepatic cells in culture and cirrhosis

(2009) Steve S. Choi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Repair-related activation of hedgehog signaling promotes cholangiocyte chemokine production

(2009) Alessia Omenetti et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Foxa1 and Foxa2 regulate bile duct development in mice

(2009) Zhaoyu Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The Adventures of Sonic Hedgehog in Development and Repair. II. Sonic hedgehog and liver development, inflammation, and cancer

(2008) Alessia Omenetti et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells

(2008) Sendurai A. Mani et al.   CELL

Analysis of the Pathomorphology of the Intra- and Extrahepatic Biliary System in Biliary Atresia

(2008) S. Zheng et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Liver Cell–Derived Microparticles Activate Hedgehog Signaling and Alter Gene Expression in Hepatic Endothelial Cells

(2008) Rafal P. Witek et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

The hedgehog pathway regulates remodelling responses to biliary obstruction in rats

(2008) A Omenetti et al.   GUT

Temporal-spatial activation of apoptosis and epithelial injury in murine experimental biliary atresia

(2008) Nissa Erickson et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition induced by biliary innate immunity contributes to the sclerosing cholangiopathy of biliary atresia

(2008) Kenichi Harada et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Evidence for the epithelial to mesenchymal transition in biliary atresia fibrosis

(2007) Rosalyn Díaz et al.   HUMAN PATHOLOGY

Sonic hedgehog is an autocrine viability factor for myofibroblastic hepatic stellate cells

(2007) Liu Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY