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A Comprehensive Review Exploring the Role of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins [BMP]: Biological Mechanisms

Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) belong to the TGF-β family. They perform diverse roles in development, osteogenesis, and vasculogenesis. BMPs have crucial functions in embryonic development and regulate the specialization of various cell types.
Akanksha A. Kalal, Satyajit Mohapatra
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Descriptive Epidemiology From the Myhre Syndrome Foundation Registry: The Value of Self‐Reported Data

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome is an ultrarare genetic disease characterized by short stature, distinct craniofacial features, cardiovascular and respiratory fibrosis and stenosis, neurodevelopmental delays, autism, intellectual disability, and hearing loss. The natural history of Myhre syndrome is still not fully understood due to a small patient population ...
Mary K. Young, Armelle Pindon, Maggie R. Brand, Kate Wears, Katherine H. Young, Alyssa Mendel, Michael J. Lyons   +6 more
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PHB2 alleviates retinal pigment epithelium cell fibrosis by suppressing the AGE–RAGE pathway

Open Life Sciences
Fibrosis is the primary cause of retinal detachment and visual decline. Here, we investigated the role of Prohibitin 2 (PHB2) in modulating fibrosis in ARPE-19 cells stimulated by transforming growth factor (TGF)-β2.
Chen Feng, Cai Xiaoxiao, Yu Ying
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Therapy for Myhre Syndrome: Goals, Misconceptions, and Current Agents

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre Syndrome (MYHRS, MIM #139210) is a rare, multisystem connective tissue disorder caused by recurrent heterozygous gain‐of‐function pathogenic variants in the SMAD4 gene, a key player in TGF‐β signaling and a regulator of extracellular matrix homeostasis.
Alessandro De Falco, Alfonso Manuel D'Alessio, Nicola Brunetti‐Pierri   +2 more
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Affinity-tagged SMAD1 and SMAD5 mouse lines reveal transcriptional reprogramming mechanisms during early pregnancy

eLife
Endometrial decidualization, a prerequisite for successful pregnancies, relies on transcriptional reprogramming driven by progesterone receptor (PR) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-SMAD1/SMAD5 signaling pathways.
Zian Liao, Suni Tang, Kaori Nozawa, Keisuke Shimada, Masahito Ikawa, Diana Monsivais, Martin Matzuk   +6 more
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NUAK2 Inhibition Enhances Macromolecular Drug Delivery in a 3D Fibrotic Model of the Pancreatic Tumor Microenvironment

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Using a 3D cell culture model of the fibrotic barrier in pancreatic cancer, this work shows that inhibiting NUAK2 kinase in pancreatic stellate cells enhances macromolecular drug delivery. Mechanistically, NUAK2 inhibition disrupted actin stress fiber assembly to downregulate collagen I expression, thus enhancing macromolecular permeability.
Misaki Nakamura, Hiroyoshi Y. Tanaka, Mayu Ohira, Haruko Ohta‐Okano, Reika Nakamura, Yu Seno, Saaya Yara, Sakura Fujita, Daichi Shibata, Masaya Yamamoto, Shinichi Toyooka, Kensuke Osada, Horacio Cabral, Atsushi Masamune, Mitsunobu R. Kano   +14 more
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Polyphenol‐Based Biomaterials Against Cancer Radio/Chemotherapy‐Induced Intestinal Toxicity

Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Radiotherapy/chemotherapy often causes intestinal toxicity, impairing cancer patients’ quality of life and treatment efficacy. Polyphenols protect against this injury via multiple mechanisms, but face oral use limitations. This review outlines their protective mechanisms and delivery challenges, highlighting recent oral delivery advances and future ...
Jixu Lu, Jing Chen, Ji Zhu, Lixin Ru, Dongxiao Zhang   +4 more
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TGF beta type II receptor signaling controls Schwann cell death and proliferation in developing nerves [PDF]

, 2006
During development, Schwann cell numbers are precisely adjusted to match the number of axons. It is essentially unknown which growth factors or receptors carry out this important control in vivo.
D'Antonio, M, Droggiti, A, Feltri, ML, Jessen, KR, Mirsky, R, Roes, J, Wrabetz, L   +6 more
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Histological Characterization and Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Gonads During Early Sex Differentiation in the Northern Snakehead (Channa argus)

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
This study delineates the early sex differentiation timeline in the northern snakehead (Channa argus). These findings provide a foundation for future sex‐control breeding in this economically important species. ABSTRACT The northern snakehead (Channa argus) is an economically important aquaculture species in China.
Chaonan Sun, Donglei Sun, Haishen Wen, Xin Qi, Chao Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yun Li   +6 more
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Exploring unconventional targets in myofibroblast transdifferentiation outside classical TGF-β signaling in renal fibrosis

Frontiers in Physiology
We propose that the key initiators of renal fibrosis are myofibroblasts which originate from four predominant sources—fibroblasts, pericytes, endothelial cells and macrophages.
Rashida Lathan
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