Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) causes a persistent increase in steady-state amounts of type I and type III collagen and fibronectin mRNAs in normal human dermal fibroblasts

A simple, rapid, and sensitive DNA assay procedure

1980 • 5,006 citations

Transforming growth factor type beta: rapid induction of fibrosis and angiogenesis in vivo and stimulation of collagen formation in vitro.

1986 • 2,878 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates the expression of fibronectin and collagen and their incorporation into the extracellular matrix.

1986 • 2,499 citations

Production of transforming growth factor beta by human T lymphocytes and its potential role in the regulation of T cell growth.

1986 • 1,617 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta in human platelets. Identification of a major storage site, purification, and characterization.

1983 • 1,613 citations

Determination of nucleic acid sequence homologies and relative concentrations by a dot hybridization procedure

1979 • 1,403 citations

Use of a mixture of proteinase-free collagenases for the specific assay of radioactive collagen in the presence of other proteins

1971 • 1,396 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β: Biological Function and Chemical Structure

1986 • 1,198 citations

New class of transforming growth factors potentiated by epidermal growth factor: isolation from non-neoplastic tissues.

1981 • 925 citations

Modified procedure for the assay of H3- or C14-labeled hydroxyproline

1966 • 710 citations

Transforming growth factor beta is a bifunctional regulator of replication and collagen synthesis in osteoblast-enriched cell cultures from fetal rat bone.

1987 • 619 citations

Polypeptide Transforming Growth Factors Isolated from Bovine Sources and Used for Wound Healing in Vivo

1983 • 451 citations

Determinants of messenger RNA stability

1987 • 414 citations

The effect of transforming growth factor-beta on cell proliferation and collagen formation by lung fibroblasts.

1987 • 399 citations

Localization of the binding site for cell attachment in the alpha1(I) chain of collagen

1978 • 195 citations

Coordinate regulation of the levels of type III and type I collagen mRNA in most but not all mouse fibroblasts.

1985 • 194 citations

Cloning a cDNA for the pro-alpha 2 chain of human type I collagen.

1981 • 192 citations

Induction of collagenase secretion in human fibroblast cultures by growth promoting factors.

1985 • 186 citations

Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones for human and bovine fibronectins.

1983 • 184 citations

Co-ordinate increase in the expression of type I and type III collagen genes in progressive systemic sclerosis fibroblasts

1986 • 173 citations

Stimulation of normal human fibroblast collagen production and processing by transforming growth factor-β

1986 • 145 citations

Ascorbate stimulation of PAT cells causes an increase in transcription rates and a decrease in degradation rates of procollagen mRNA

1984 • 138 citations

The effects of platelet‐derived transforming growth factor β on normal human diploid gingival fibroblasts

1986 • 75 citations

Human platelet-derived growth factor stimulates amino acid transport and protein synthesis by human diploid fibroblasts in plasma-free media.

1982 • 72 citations

Biochemical Characterization of Collagens and of a Non-Collagenous Protein Synthesized by Guinea Pig Lung Fibroblasts in Culture

1983 • 16 citations