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Chen, Yunliang , Leask, Andrew, Abraham, David J., Kennedy, Laura, Shi-Wen , Xu, Denton, Christopher P., Black , Carol M., Verjee, Liaquat Suleman and Eastwood, Mark (2011) Thrombospondin 1 is a key mediator of transforming growth factor ?-mediated cell contractility in systemic sclerosis via a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-dependent mechanism. Fibrogenesis and tissue repair, 4 (9). ISSN 1755-1536

Chen, Yunliang , Leask, Andrew, Abraham, David J., Pala , Daphne , Shiwen, Xu , Khan, Korsa, Liu, Shangxi, Carter , David E. , Wilcox-Adelman , Sarah , Goetinck, Paul F., Denton, Christopher P., Black , Carol M., Pitsillides, Andrew A., Sarraf, Catherine and Eastwood, Mark (2008) Heparan sulfate-dependent ERK activation contributes to the overexpression of fibrotic proteins and enhanced contraction by scleroderma fibroblasts. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 58 (2). pp. 577-585. ISSN 0004-3591

Shangxi, Liu, Shi-Wen, Xu, Kennedy, Laura, Pala, Daphne , Chen, Yunliang , Eastwood, Mark, Carter, David E., Black, Carol M. , Abraham, David J. and Leask, Andrew (2007) FAK Is Required for TGF?-induced JNK Phosphorylation in Fibroblasts: Implications for Acquisition of a Matrix-remodeling Phenotype. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 18 (6). pp. 2169-2178. ISSN 1059-1524

Kennedy, Laura, Liu, Shangxi, Shi-wen, Xu, Chen, Yunliang , Eastwood, Mark , Carter, David E., Lyon, Karen M., Black, Carol M. , Abraham, David J. and Leask, Andrew (2007) CCN2 is necessary for the function of mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Experimental Cell Research, 313 (5). pp. 952-964. ISSN 0014-4827

Chen, Yunliang, Shi-Wen, Xu, Eastwood, Mark, Black, Carol M., Denton, Christopher P., Leask, Andrew and Abraham, David J. (2006) Contribution of activin receptor-like kinase 5 (transforming growth factor beta receptor type I) signaling to the fibrotic phenotype of scleroderma fibroblasts. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 54 (4). pp. 1309-1316. ISSN 0004-3591

Chen, Yunliang, Shi-wen, Xu, van Beek, Jonathan, Kennedy, Laura, McLeod, Marilyn, Renzoni, Elisabetta A., Bou-Gharios, George, Wilcox-Adelman, Sarah, Goetinck, Paul F., Eastwood, Mark, Black, Carol M., Abraham, David J. and Leask, Andrew (2005) Matrix contraction by dermal fibroblasts requires transforming growth Factor-ß /activin-linked kinase 5, heparan sulfate-containing proteoglycans, and MEK/ERK: insights into pathological scarring in chronic fibrotic disease. American Journal of Pathology, 167 (6). pp. 1699-1711. ISSN 0002-9440

Denton, Christopher P., Lindahl, Gisela E., Khan, Korsa, Shiwen, Xu, Ong, Voon H., Gaspar, Nicholas J., Lazaridis, Konstantinos, Edwards, Dylan R., Leask, Andrew, Eastwood, Mark, Leoni, Patricia, Renzoni, Elisabetta A., Bou-Gharios, George, Abraham, David J. and Black, Carol M. (2005) Activation of Key Profibrotic Mechanisms in Transgenic Fibroblasts Expressing Kinase-deficient Type II Transforming Growth Factor beta-receptor (T beta RII delta k). Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (16). pp. 16053-16065. ISSN 0021-9258

Shi-Wen, Xu, Chen, Yunliang, Denton, Christopher P., Eastwood, Mark, Renzoni, Elisabetta A., Bou-Gharios, George, Pearson, Jeremy, Dashwood, Michael, du Bois, Roland, Black, Carol M., Leask, Andrew and Abraham, David J. (2004) 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. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 15 (6). pp. 2707-2719. ISSN 1059-1524