Title : Lithium chloride inhibits TGF-β1-induced myofibroblast transdifferentiation via PI3K/Akt pathway in cultured fibroblasts from Tenon's capsule of the human eye.

Pub. Date : 2014 Jun

PMID : 24563318






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1 Lithium chloride inhibits TGF-beta1-induced myofibroblast transdifferentiation via PI3K/Akt pathway in cultured fibroblasts from Tenon"s capsule of the human eye. Lithium Chloride transforming growth factor beta 1 Homo sapiens
2 LiCl treatment reduced expression of TGF-beta1-induced alpha-SMA expression in HTFs. Lithium Chloride transforming growth factor beta 1 Homo sapiens
3 LiCl also decreased Akt phosphorylation induced by TGF-beta1. Lithium Chloride transforming growth factor beta 1 Homo sapiens
4 Thus, LiCl induces the suppression of transdifferentiation stimulated by TGF-beta1 by the regulation of PI3K/Akt signaling in HTFs. Lithium Chloride transforming growth factor beta 1 Homo sapiens