In-silico analysis of heat shock protein 47 for identifying the novel therapeutic agents in the management of oral submucous fibrosis

• Main Authors: Jayasankar P Pillai (Author), Girish J Parmar (Author), Rakesh Rawal (Author), Faraz Shaikh (Author), Girish R Chauhan (Author), Rajarajeswari J Pillai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Heat shock proteins-47 (HSP47) is a collagen specific molecular chaperone, involved in the processing and/or secretion of procollagen. It seems to be regularly upregulated in various fibrotic or collagen disorders. Hence, this protein can be a potential target for the treatment of variou...