Review Article

Endogenous Bufadienolides, Fibrosis and Preeclampsia

Figure 2

Scheme of the Fli-1-dependent profibrotic pathway activated via binding of marinobufagenin (MBG) to Na/K-ATPase (NKA). The interaction of MBG with NKA leads to activation/phosphorylation of Src followed by activation/phosphorylation PLC and PKC via scaffolding function of NKA.