Shiwen Xu

CTGF and SMADs, Maintenance of Scleroderma Phenotype Is Independent of SMAD Signaling

Alan Holmes, David Abraham, Susan Sa et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2001 · 420 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Pathobiology, Pathology +13

Endothelin-1 Promotes Myofibroblast Induction through the ETA Receptor via a rac/Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Akt-dependent Pathway and Is Essential for the Enhanced Contractile Phenotype of Fibrotic Fibroblasts

Shiwen Xu, Yunliang Chen, Christopher P. Denton et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2004 · 350 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Tumor Necrosis Factor α Suppresses the Induction of Connective Tissue Growth Factor by Transforming Growth Factor-β in Normal and Scleroderma Fibroblasts

David Abraham, Shiwen Xu, Carol M. Black et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 248 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Pathology +17

Fibroblast Matrix Gene Expression and Connective Tissue Remodeling: Role of Endothelin-1

Shiwen Xu, Christopher P. Denton, Alan Holmes et al. · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2001 · 237 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Pivotal role of connective tissue growth factor in lung fibrosis: MAPK‐dependent transcriptional activation of type I collagen

Markella Ponticos, Alan Holmes, Shiwen Xu et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 2009 · 220 citations

Life Sciences, Pathobiology, Pathology +17