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Inhibition of activin/nodal signalling is necessary for pancreatic differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells [PDF]

, 2012
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A Kubo, AK Teo, C. H.-H. Cho, D Zhang, E Kroon, E Wandzioch, F. M. Docherty, H Li, H. M. Docherty, IG Brons, J Ameri, J Cai, J Jonsson, JA Thomson, JF Habener, JK Mfopou, JM Wells, JR Spence, K Takahashi, K. Docherty, KA D’Amour, KA Harrison, KS Zaret, L Vallier, L Vallier, L. Vallier, M Inamura, M Polak, M. Joåo Lima, M. W. B. Trotter, MC Nostro, MF Offield, N. R.-F. Hannan, OG Kelly, R Bort, R Maehr, RI Sherwood, S Brown, ST Rashid, T Touboul, V Ramos-Mejia, W Jiang, Y Kunisada   +42 more
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The systemic activin response to pancreatic cancer: implications for effective cancer cachexia therapy

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2019
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a particularly lethal malignancy partly due to frequent, severe cachexia. Serum activin correlates with cachexia and mortality, while exogenous activin causes cachexia in mice.
Xiaoling Zhong, Marianne Pons, Christophe Poirier, Yanlin Jiang, Jianguo Liu, George E. Sandusky, Safi Shahda, Attila Nakeeb, C. Max Schmidt, Michael G. House, Eugene P. Ceppa, Nicholas J. Zyromski, Yunlong Liu, Guanglong Jiang, Marion E. Couch, Leonidas G. Koniaris, Teresa A. Zimmers   +16 more
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Lutzomyia longipalpis TGF-β Has a Role in Leishmania infantum chagasi Survival in the Vector

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019
Despite the increasing number of studies concerning insect immunity, Lutzomyia longipalpis immune responses in the presence of Leishmania infantum chagasi infection has not been widely investigated. The few available studies analyzed the role of the Toll
Tatiana Di-Blasi, Erich Loza Telleria, Erich Loza Telleria, Christiane Marques, Rodrigo de Macedo Couto, Monique da Silva-Neves, Magdalena Jancarova, Petr Volf, Antonio Jorge Tempone, Yara Maria Traub-Csekö   +9 more
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Chromatin status and transcription factor binding to gonadotropin promoters in gonadotrope cell lines. [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundProper expression of key reproductive hormones from gonadotrope cells of the pituitary is required for pubertal onset and reproduction. To further our understanding of the molecular events taking place during embryonic development, leading to ...
Brayman, Melissa J, Hoffmann, Hanne M, Iyer, Anita K, Mellon, Pamela L, Ngo, Cindy, Sunshine, Mary Jean, Xie, Huimin   +6 more
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Testis exposure to unopposed/elevated activin A in utero affects somatic and germ cells and alters steroid levels mimicking phthalate exposure

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
Correct fetal testis development underpins adult male fertility, and TGFβ superfamily ligands control key aspects of this process. Transcripts encoding one such ligand, activin A, are upregulated in testes after sex determination and remain high until ...
Penny A. F. Whiley, Penny A. F. Whiley, Michael C. M. Luu, Liza O’Donnell, David J. Handelsman, Kate L. Loveland, Kate L. Loveland   +6 more
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Systemic activation of activin A signaling causes chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder [PDF]

, 2018
The high cardiovascular mortality associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is caused in part by the CKD-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD) syndrome.
Sugatani, Toshifumi
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Activin/follistatin system in grass carp pituitary cells: - Regulation by local release of growth hormone and luteinizing hormone and its functional role in growth hormone synthesis and secretion.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Gonadotrophin regulation by activin/follistatin system is well-documented, but the corresponding effect on growth hormone (GH) has not been fully characterized and with little information available in lower vertebrates, especially in fish models.
Roger S K Fung, Jin Bai, Karen W Y Yuen, Anderson O L Wong   +3 more
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Hepatic Activin E mediates liver-adipose inter-organ communication, suppressing adipose lipolysis in response to elevated serum fatty acids

Molecular Metabolism, 2023
Objective: The liver is a central regulator of energy metabolism exerting its influence both through intrinsic processing of substrates such as glucose and fatty acid as well as by secreting endocrine factors, known as hepatokines, which influence ...
John D. Griffin, Joanne M. Buxton, Jeffrey A. Culver, Robert Barnes, Emily A. Jordan, Alexis R. White, Stephen E. Flaherty, Barbara Bernardo, Trenton Ross, Kendra K. Bence, Morris J. Birnbaum   +10 more
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Genome-wide transcriptomics analysis identifies sox7 and sox18 as specifically regulated by gata4 in cardiomyogenesis [PDF]

, 2017
This work was supported by British Heart Foundation (BHF Project Grant no PG/13/23/30080 to B.A.A and S.H.), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/M001695/1 to S.H.) and the University of Aberdeen (for A.T.L).
Afouda, Boni A, De Paiva Alves, Eduardo, Hoppler, Stefan, Lynch, Adam T   +3 more
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Activin A as a Novel Chemokine Induces Migration of L929 Fibroblasts by ERK Signaling in Microfluidic Devices

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021
Activin A, a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) superfamily, contributes to tissue healing and fibrosis. As the innate tissue cells, fibroblasts also play an important role in wound healing and fibrosis. Herein, this study was aimed to
Lingling Jiang, Lingling Jiang, Yan Qi, Xianghan Kong, Runnan Wang, Jianfei Qi, Francis Lin, Xueling Cui, Zhonghui Liu   +8 more
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