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The role of TGF-β and epithelial-to mesenchymal transition in diabetic nephropathy [PDF]

, 2011
Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-β) is a pro-sclerotic cytokine widely associated with the development of fibrosis in diabetic nephropathy. Central to the underlying pathology of tubulointerstitial fibrosis is epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition ...
Hills, Claire E., Paul E. Squires, Claire E. Hills, Squires, Paul E.   +3 more
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Identification of a Shiga toxin A‐derived peptide internalized into Gb3 receptor‐bearing cells via interaction with the Shiga toxin B subunit

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The process of internalization of the Shiga toxin A subunit via formation of a complex with the Shiga toxin B subunit, which specifically binds to the Gb3 receptor. The peptide is designed to act as a carrier of drugs into cancer cells. Here, we explored the potential of peptides derived from the catalytic A subunit of Shiga toxin (STxA) to be drug ...
Giulia Opassi, João C. Encarnação, Valeria Napolitano, Grzegorz Dubin, Grzegorz Popowicz, Karl Andersson, U. Helena Danielson   +6 more
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Plasma levels of Transforming Growth Factor Beta in HIV-1 patients with oral candidiasis

Current Medical Mycology, 2015
Background and Purpose: TGF-β is a potent regulator and suppressor of the immune system and overproduction of this cytokine may contribute to immunosuppression in HIV-infected patients. Increasing population of immunosuppressed patients has resulted
Alireza Izadi, GolamReza Asadikaram, Nozar Nakhaee, Sanaz Hadizadeh, Seyyed Amin Ayatollahi Mousavi   +4 more
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Conserved binding mode but diverse interfaces of MreC‐PBP2 interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The crystal structure of abMreC reveals a conserved two β‐barrel architecture and provides structural insights into its role within the bacterial elongasome. The abMreC–abPBP2 complex model identifies the molecular basis of MreC‐mediated PBP2 recognition, contributing to the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis.
Hyunseok Jang, Hyo Been Jin, Chang Min Kim, So Yeon Lee, Hyun Ho Park   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

High throughput determination of TGFβ1/SMAD3 targets in A549 lung epithelial cells. [PDF]

, 2011
Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFβ1) plays a major role in many lung diseases including lung cancer, pulmonary hypertension, and pulmonary fibrosis.
Friedman, N, Oliver Eickelberg, Yu, H, Richards, T., Kaplan, Tommy, Yingze Zhang, Kaplan, T, Pandit, Kusum V., Zhang, Y., Kusum V. Pandit, Richards, Thomas, Benos, Panayiotis V., Zeng, Q, Bais, A.S., Pandit, K.V., Kaminski, N., Handley, D, Bais, Abha S, Richards, T, Panayiotis V. Benos, Handley, Daniel, Richards Thomas, Haiying Yu, Bais, AS, Eickelberg, O, Benos, PV, Nir Friedman, Handley, D., Tommy Kaplan, Friedman, N., Pandit, Kusum V, Zeng, Q., Zhang, Yingze, Abha S Bais, Eickelberg, O., Kusum V Pandit, Bais Abha S., Zeng, Qilu, Yu, Haiying, Panayiotis V Benos, Kaplan, T., Eickelberg Oliver, Kaminski, N, Benos, Panayiotis V, Benos, P.V., Thomas Richards, Eickelberg, Oliver, Naftali Kaminski, Zeng Qilu, Daniel Handley, Pandit, KV, Bais, Abha S., Zhang, Y, Yu Haiying, Kaminski, Naftali, Yu, H., Qilu Zeng, Kaminski Naftali, Benos Panayiotis V., Handley Daniel, Friedman, Nir, Pandit Kusum V., Zhang Yingze, Kaplan Tommy, Friedman Nir, Abha S. Bais   +65 more
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Vitronectin modulates human mesenchymal stem cell response to insulin-like growth factor-I and transforming growth factor beta 1 in a serum-free environment

, 2009
The use of animal sera for the culture of therapeutically important cells impedes the clinical use of the cells. We sought to characterize the functional response of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) to specific proteins known to exist in bone tissue ...
Parker, Tony J., Leavesley, David, Upton, Zee   +2 more
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Microbiome‐blood–brain barrier interactions in aging — mechanisms and therapeutic potential

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Aging reshapes the gut microbiome (↓SCFA‐producing commensals; ↑pro‐inflammatory outputs), shifting circulating metabolites (↓SCFAs; ↑LPS, ↑TMAO, ↑PAA) that act at the BBB to increase nonspecific transcytosis, alter transport, and promote astrocyte reactivity, heightening brain vulnerability.
Daniel Cuervo‐Zanatta, Hari Baskar Balasubramanian, Amir Pasokh, Marietta Zille   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The regulation of transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) signaling in posterior capsular opacification

, 2020
Duncan, Melinda K.Posterior capsular opacification (PCO), one of the major complications of cataract surgery, occurs when lens epithelial cells (LCs) left behind post cataract surgery (PCS) undergo epithelial to mesenchymal transition, migrate into the ...
Shihan, Mahbubul H.
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Upregulation of Id1 by Epstein-Barr Virus-encoded LMP1 confers resistance to TGFβ-mediated growth inhibition [PDF]

, 2010
Background Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded LMP1 protein is commonly expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). LMP1 is a prime candidate for driving tumourigenesis given its ability to activate multiple signalling pathways and to alter the expression
Yanxing Yu, Lawrence S Young, Lo, KW, Dawson, Christopher W., Kwok W Lo, Lo, Angela, Angela KF Lo, Lo, Kwok W., Dawson, Christopher, Young, Lawrence, Yu, Yanxing, Lo, Angela K. F., Young, Lawrence S., Yu, Y, Christopher W Dawson   +14 more
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Androgens Accentuate TGF‐β Dependent Erk/Smad Activation During Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Formation in Marfan Syndrome Male Mice

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Male patients with Marfan syndrome have a higher risk of aortic events and root dilatation compared with females. The role androgens play during Marfan syndrome aneurysm development in males remains unknown.
Yasushi Tashima, Hao He, Jason Z. Cui, Albert J. Pedroza, Ken Nakamura, Nobu Yokoyama, Cristiana Iosef, Grayson Burdon, Tiffany Koyano, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Michael P. Fischbein   +10 more
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