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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on apoptosis in normal rat palatal fibroblasts and rat palatal scar fibroblasts was examined by the TUNEL method in order to clarify the mechanism of apoptosis induction in myofibroblasts during the scar formation process. A percentage of scar fibroblasts undergoing apoptosis was significantly higher than that of palatal fibroblasts when they were treated with bFGF succeeding to serum starvation. Palatal fibroblasts, phenotypically modulated into myofibroblasts by the pretreatment with transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), similarly showed a higher level of apoptosis induction by bFGF-treatment. TGF-beta 1 elevated protein and mRNA level of FGF receptor (FGFR) in palatal fibroblasts. Tyrosine autophosphorylation of FGFR upon stimulation by bFGF was significantly higher in scar fibroblasts than in normal palatal fibroblasts. These findings suggested that bFGF may be a potential stimulator of apoptosis in myofibroblasts during palatal scar formation and that FGFR may be responsible for this process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
240
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Cell Separation, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Cicatrix, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Fibroblast Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Mouth Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Palate, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:9367874-Tyrosine
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Basic fibroblast growth factor induces apoptosis in myofibroblastic cells isolated from rat palatal mucosa.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Maxillo-Facial Orthognathics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't