Exogenous hydrogen sulfide donor NaHS alleviates nickel-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the migration of A549 cells by regulating TGF-β1/Smad2/Smad3 signaling
Mengjuan Ye, Mengping Yu, Dalong Yang, Jiahui Li, Haopei Wang, Feipeng Chen, Hanning Yu, Tong Shen, Qixing Zhu, Chengfan Zhou
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Epithelial–mesenchymal transitionSodium hydrosulfideA549 cellChemistryMAPK/ERK pathwaySignal transductionCell biologyTransforming growth factorProtein kinase ACancer researchp38 mitogen-activated protein kinasesNickel sulfideCell migrationKinaseDownregulation and upregulationBiochemistryHydrogen sulfideBiologySulfideApoptosisCellGeneOrganic chemistrySulfurSulfur Compounds in BiologyMicroRNA in disease regulationHydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects