
Pro-fibrotic phenotype of human skin fibroblasts induced by periostin via modulating TGF-β signaling
Keywords: ECM; extracellular matrix; SSc; systemic sclerosis; TGF-β; transforming growth factor-β; rPn; recombinant periostin; α-SMA; α -smooth muscle actin; Egr-1; early growth response-1; MMP; matrix metalloproteinase; IPF; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; R-Sm