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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.We propose a suture‐complementary approach that integrates optical skin clearing with a strain‐programmable luminescent adhesive patch. Hyaluronic acid promotes transdermal delivery of tartrazine to improve optical clearing and stabilizes its interaction with a photosensitizer. Optical clearing increases the penetration depth of visible light into skin,
Seong‐Jong Kim +6 more
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BMC Cell Biology, 2006 Background In endothelial cells (EC), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) can bind to and transduce signals through ALK1 and ALK5. The TGF-β/ALK5 and TGF-β/ALK1 pathways have opposite effects on EC behaviour.
Heldin Carl-Henrik +5 more
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TGF-β receptor levels regulate the specificity of signaling pathway activation and biological effects of TGF-β [PDF]
, 2009 TGF-β is a pluripotent cytokine that mediates its effects through a receptor composed of TGF-β receptor type II (TGFBR2) and type I (TGFBR1). The TGF-β receptor can regulate Smad and nonSmad signaling pathways, which then ultimately dictate TGF-β's ...
Cress, Dean +3 more
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Tissue Engineered Human Elastic Cartilage From Primary Auricular Chondrocytes for Ear Reconstruction
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Despite over three decades of research, no tissue‐engineered solution for auricular reconstruction in microtia patients has reached clinical translation. The key challenge lies in generating functional elastic cartilage ex vivo. Here, we integrate synergistic cell‐biomaterial strategies to engineer auricular grafts with mechanical and histological ...
Philipp Fisch +13 more
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Molecular Oncology, 2018 Transforming growth factor‐beta (TGF‐β) functions as a potent proliferation inhibitor and apoptosis inducer in the early stages of breast cancer, yet promotes cancer aggressiveness in the advanced stages. The dual effect of TGF‐β on cancer development is
Yuanyuan Zhao +7 more
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EBioMedicine, 2019 Background: Hyper-activation of TGF-β signaling is critically involved in progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the events that contribute to the dysregulation of TGF-β pathway in HCC, especially at the post-translational level, are not
Boshi Wang +10 more
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Smad2 and Smad4 gene mutations in hepatocellular carcinoma [PDF]
, 1999 TGF-β is a negative regulator of liver growth. Smad family of genes, as mediators of TGF-β pathway, are candidate tumor suppressor genes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We studied 35 HCC and non-tumour liver tissues for possible mutations in Smad2 and
Irmak, M.B. +4 more
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An Engineered Living Material With Pro‐Angiogenic Activity Inducible by Near‐Infrared Light
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.NIR‐responsive engineered living materials (ELMs) for controlled angiogenesis: Near‐infrared (800 nm) light activates engineered probiotic bacteria within alginate‐based living materials to secrete a blood vessel‐regenerating protein. The released protein promotes pro‐angiogenic effects in endothelial networks and chick chorioallantoic membranes.
Anwesha Chatterjee +4 more
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Gremlin activates the smad pathway linked to epithelial mesenchymal transdifferentiation in cultured tubular epithelial cells [PDF]
, 2014 Gremlin is a developmental gene upregulated in human chronic kidney disease and in renal cells in response to transforming growth factor-(TGF-β). Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is one process involved in renal fibrosis.
Carvajal, Gisselle +10 more
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