Dietary protein restriction rapidly reduces transforming growth factor beta 1 expression in experimental glomerulonephritis.

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

1986 • 2,499 citations

Dietary Protein Intake and the Progressive Nature of Kidney Disease:

1982 • 2,066 citations

Proteoglycans as modulators of growth factor activities

1991 • 1,338 citations

Structural-functional relationships in diabetic nephropathy.

1984 • 1,202 citations

Suppression of experimental glomerulonephritis by antiserum against transforming growth factor β1

1990 • 1,002 citations

The Progression of Renal Disease

1988 • 840 citations

Elevated expression of transforming growth factor-beta and proteoglycan production in experimental glomerulonephritis. Possible role in expansion of the mesangial extracellular matrix.

1990 • 555 citations

Cell adhesion protein receptors as targets for transforming growth factor-$beta; action

1987 • 498 citations

Transforming growth factor beta regulates the expression and structure of extracellular matrix chondroitin/dermatan sulfate proteoglycans.

1988 • 418 citations

Effect of Restricting Dietary Protein on the Progression of Renal Failure in Patients with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

1991 • 411 citations

Transforming growth factor-β regulates production of proteoglycans by mesangial cells

1990 • 365 citations

Localized production of TGF-β mRNA in tumour promoter-stimulated mouse epidermis

1988 • 275 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta induction of type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor. Pericellular deposition and sensitivity to exogenous urokinase.

1987 • 263 citations

Glomerulonephritis induced by monoclonal anti-Thy 1.1 antibodies. A sequential histological and ultrastructural study in the rat.

1986 • 262 citations

Transforming Growth Factor β: Biochemistry and Roles in Embryogenesis, Tissue Repair and Remodeling, and Carcinogenesis

1988 • 255 citations

Quantitative and qualitative studies of antibody–induced mesangial cell damage in the rat

1987 • 204 citations

Effect of Dietary Protein Deprivation on Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and -II, IGF Binding Protein-2, and Serum Albumin Gene Expression in Rat*

1990 • 148 citations

Complement dependence of antibody-induced mesangial cell injury in the rat.

1987 • 143 citations

Effect of dietary protein on rat renin and angiotensinogen gene expression.

1990 • 85 citations

Preventing the progression of human renal disease: Have rational therapeutic principles emerged?

1988 • 48 citations

Transforming growth factor beta as a potent promoter in two-stage BALB/c 3T3 cell transformation.

1988 • 39 citations

Tumor‐promoting activity of epstein‐barr‐ virus‐inducing factor transforming growth factor type beta (EIF/TGF‐β) is due to the induction of irreversible transformation

1991 • 20 citations