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TGF-β signaling in lymphatic vascular vessel formation and maintenance

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and its family members, including bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), nodal proteins, and activins, are implicated in the development and maintenance of various organs. Here, we review its role in the lymphatic vascular
Fumiko Itoh, Tetsuro Watabe
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Intra-ovarian roles of activins and inhibins

, 2012
Granulosa cells are the main ovarian source of inhibins, activins and activin-binding protein (follistatin) while germ (oogonia, oocytes) and somatic (theca, granulosa, luteal) cells express activin receptors, signaling components and inhibin co-receptor
Phil G. Knight, Knight, Phil G., Glister, Claire, Leanne Satchell, Satchell, Leanne, Claire Glister   +5 more
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Cripto forms a complex with activin and type II activin receptors and can block activin signaling [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003
Activin, nodal, Vg1, and growth and differentiation factor 1 are members of the transforming growth factor β superfamily and signal via the activin type II (ActRII/IIB) and type I (ALK4) serine/threonine kinase receptors. Unlike activins, however, signaling by nodal, Vg1, and growth and differentiation factor 1 requires a coreceptor from the epidermal ...
Peter C, Gray, Craig A, Harrison, Wylie, Vale   +2 more
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Chemical Screening Identifies Danofloxacin as a Self‐Renewal Agonist of Embryonic Stem Cells through Alleviation of HDAC1‐Mediated Deacetylation of Tert and Prdm10

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identified Danofloxacin as a novel supporter of the maintenance of mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency. It functions partially by inhibiting HDAC1, which increases specific histone acetylation marks and activates key genes like Tert and Prdm10.
Yan Zhang, Junxiang Ji, Baoxing Dong, Zhenhua Zhu, Xucheng Lv, Peng Chen, Wenqiang Liu, Min Zhou, Shou‐Dong Ye   +8 more
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Testicular activin and follistatin levels are elevated during the course of experimental autoimmune epididymo–orchitis in mice

Scientific Reports, 2017
Experimental autoimmune epididymo-orchitis (EAEO) is a model of chronic inflammation, induced by immunisation with testicular antigens, which reproduces the pathology of some types of human infertility.
Nour Nicolas, Vera Michel, Sudhanshu Bhushan, Eva Wahle, Susan Hayward, Helen Ludlow, David M. de Kretser, Kate L. Loveland, Hans-Christian Schuppe, Andreas Meinhardt, Mark P. Hedger, Monika Fijak   +11 more
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Weighting of orthostatic intolerance time measurements with standing difficulty score stratifies ME/CFS symptom severity and analyte detection

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2018
Background Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is clinically defined and characterised by persistent disabling tiredness and exertional malaise, leading to functional impairment. Methods This study introduces the weighted standing
Alice M. Richardson, Don P. Lewis, Badia Kita, Helen Ludlow, Nigel P. Groome, Mark P. Hedger, David M. de Kretser, Brett A. Lidbury   +7 more
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SerpinA3 is an Endogenous TGF‐β Receptor Antagonist that Attenuates Cardiac Fibroblast Activation and Fibrotic Remodeling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
SerpinA3 acts as an endogenous TGF‐β receptor antagonist that binds to the extracellular domain of TGFR‐1, thereby preventing TGFR‐1–TGFR‐2 complex formation. This receptor‐level blockade suppresses TGF‐β/Smad2/3 signaling, attenuates cardiac fibroblast activation, and extracellular matrix deposition, and ultimately alleviates pressure overload–induced
Hui Wang, Jieyu Cui, Chunlu Huang, Wanyi Guo, Tong Liu, Yi Zhu, Shuai Shao, Kangyin Chen, Jinlong He, Qiankun Bao   +9 more
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Regulation of fetal male germ cell development by members of the TGFβ superfamily

Stem Cell Research, 2017
There is now substantial evidence that members of the transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ family) regulate germ cell development in the mouse fetal testis.
Cassy Spiller, Guillaume Burnet, Josephine Bowles   +2 more
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Grtp1 Safeguards Against Paternal Reproductive Aging and Intergenerational Behavioral Deficits by Preserving Redox Homeostasis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies that Grtp1 maintains germline redox homeostasis by interacting with PRDX1/4‐TXN to antagonize paternal reproductive aging. Growth hormone restores Grtp1 expression, rectifies aberrant sperm DNA methylation, and ameliorates intergenerational anxiety and social deficits, highlighting the GH‐GRTP1 axis as a promising intervention ...
Yingdong Liu, Shanyao Liu, Haixin Liang, Jiani Yang, Yanhe Li, Jiqing Yin, Xueguang Zhang, Yan Zhang, Dandan Bai, Zihui Yan, Zhuoao Zhang, Yanping Jia, Kuisheng Liu, Yifan Sheng, Jiani Xiang, Chenxiang Xi, Baoxing Dong, Xinyi Lei, Jiayu Chen, Hong Wang, Yi Guo, Yanping Zhang, Shaorong Gao, Wenqiang Liu   +23 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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