Hydrostatic pressure mediates epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cholangiocytes through RhoA/ROCK and TGF-β/smad pathways

• Mahmoud Osman Khalifa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Molecular Bone Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Veterinary Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

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• Chen Yan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3808-1259

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• Yong Chai,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

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• Kosei Ito,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Bone Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Shou-Hua Zhang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: zshouhua416@163.com (SHZ); litaoshe@nagasaki-u.ac.jp (TSL)

  Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jiangxi Provincial Children’s Hospital, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8225-1350

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• Tao-Sheng Li

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: zshouhua416@163.com (SHZ); litaoshe@nagasaki-u.ac.jp (TSL)

  Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Biology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7653-8873

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