Increased collagen type III synthesis by fibroblasts isolated from strictures of patients with Crohn's disease

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

1986 • 2,499 citations

Some recent advances in the chemistry and biology of transforming growth factor-beta.

1987 • 1,308 citations

National Cooperative Crohn's Disease Study: Results of drug treatment

1979 • 1,257 citations

Assay for nanogram quantities of DNA in cellular homogenates

1979 • 923 citations

The platelet-derived growth factor

1978 • 649 citations

Fibrogenic cytokines: the role of immune mediators in the development of scar tissue

1991 • 607 citations

Radioimmunoassay for type III procollagen peptide and its application to human liver disease

1979 • 396 citations

Collagen content and types in the intestinal strictures of Crohn's disease

1988 • 321 citations

Rapid methods for isolation of human plasma fibronectin

1982 • 313 citations

Collagen biosynthesis during connective tissue development in chick embryo

1972 • 218 citations

Lymphocyte modulation of fibroblast function in vitro: stimulation and inhibition of collagen production by different effector molecules.

1984 • 139 citations

Collagen synthesis by human intestinal smooth muscle cells in culture

1987 • 113 citations

Transforming growth factor β1 selectively augments collagen synthesis by human intestinal smooth muscle cells

1990 • 111 citations

Human skin collagen. Presence of type I and type III at all levels of the dermis.

1978 • 101 citations

Cellular localization of procollagen gene transcripts in inflammatory bowel diseases

1992 • 99 citations

Collagenous colitis. Ultrastructural study and collagen immunotyping of four cases.

1984 • 82 citations

Radioimmunoassay for the carboxy-terminal cross-linking domain of type IV (basement membrane) procollagen in body fluids. Characterization and application to collagen type IV metabolism in fibrotic liver disease.

1986 • 81 citations

Increased Procollagen III Aminoterminal Peptide-related Antigens and Fibroblast Growth Signals in the Lungs of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

1988 • 62 citations

Immunofluorescent localization of type-V collagen as a fibrillar component of the interstitial connective tissue of human oral mucosa, artery and liver

1986 • 61 citations

Collagenous Colitis: A Clinical, Histological, and Ultrastructural Study

1985 • 58 citations

Diffuse excess mucosal collagen in rectal biopsies facilitates differential diagnosis of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome from other inflammatory bowel diseases

1988 • 44 citations

The Role of Lymphokines and Monokines in Fibrosis

1985 • 43 citations

Sequential connective matrix changes in experimental acute pancreatitis. An immunohistochemical and biochemical assessment in the rat

1987 • 34 citations

Ethanol and Fibrogenesis in the Liver

1985 • 34 citations

Crohn's disease

1987 • 32 citations

Identification of laminin binding proteins in cell membranes of a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line.

1990 • 22 citations

Interleukin-1-Induced Changes in Extracellular Glycosaminoglycan Composition of Cutaneous Scar-Derived Fibroblasts in Culture

1988 • 15 citations

Does local intestinal ascorbate deficiency predispose to fistula formation in Crohn's disease

1987 • 14 citations

Cyclic nucleotides regulate collagen production by human intestinal smooth muscle cells

1989 • 14 citations

Genetic disorders of collagen.

1981 • 10 citations

Protamine selectively inhibits collagen synthesis by human intestinal smooth muscle cells and other mesenchymal cells

1989 • 9 citations