Growth factors. Their biology and promise in dermatologic diseases and tissue repair

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

1986 • 2,878 citations

Close similarity of epidermal growth factor receptor and v-erb-B oncogene protein sequences

1984 • 2,564 citations

Transforming growth factor beta

2011 • 1,990 citations

Human tumour necrosis factor: precursor structure, expression and homology to lymphotoxin

1984 • 1,738 citations

CELLULAR ONCOGENES AND RETROVIRUSES

1983 • 1,671 citations

Stimulation of bone resorption and inhibition of bone formation in vitro by human tumour necrosis factors

1986 • 1,433 citations

Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 1: cytokines with multiple overlapping biological activities.

1987 • 1,345 citations

Macrophage-induced angiogenesis is mediated by tumour necrosis factor-α

1987 • 1,210 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β: Biological Function and Chemical Structure

1986 • 1,198 citations

PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR

1989 • 967 citations

Accelerated Healing of Incisional Wounds in Rats Induced by Transforming Growth Factor-β

1987 • 938 citations

Growth factors: Mechanism of action and relation to oncogenes

1984 • 885 citations

Peptide growth factors are multifunctional

1988 • 835 citations

Isolation and structure of urogastrone and its relationship to epidermal growth factor

1975 • 751 citations

Elevated levels of circulating cachectin/tumor necrosis factor in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

1988 • 739 citations

Induction of DNA synthesis in BALB/c 3T3 cells by serum components: Reevaluation of the commitment process

1977 • 695 citations

Isolation of brain fibroblast growth factor by heparin-Sepharose affinity chromatography: identity with pituitary fibroblast growth factor.

1984 • 624 citations

Prostaglandins as endogenous mediators of interleukin 1 production.

1986 • 541 citations

Overexpression of Transforming Growth Factor α in Psoriatic Epidermis

1989 • 537 citations

Human epidermal growth factor: isolation and chemical and biological properties.

1975 • 499 citations

AIDS-Kaposi's Sarcoma-Derived Cells Express Cytokines with Autocrine and Paracrine Growth Effects

1989 • 476 citations

Interleukin 1 induces endothelial cell synthesis of plasminogen activator inhibitor.

1986 • 326 citations

The Stimulation of Epidermal Keratinization by a Protein Isolated from the Submaxillary Gland of the Mouse**From the Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.

1963 • 310 citations

Pure brain-derived acidic fibroblast growth factor is a potent angiogenic vascular endothelial cell mitogen with sequence homology to interleukin 1.

1985 • 294 citations

Acceleration of Tensile Strength of Incisions Treated with EGF and TGF-β

1988 • 279 citations

Fibroblast growth factors

1987 • 273 citations

Recombinant basic fibroblast growth factor accelerates wound healing

1988 • 269 citations

Activation of thec-mycOncogene in a Precursor-B-Cell Blast Crisis of Follicular Lymphoma, Presenting as Composite Lymphoma

1988 • 258 citations

Vaccinia virus encodes a polypeptide homologous to epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor

1985 • 249 citations

In vivo incisional wound healing augmented by platelet-derived growth factor and recombinant c-sis gene homodimeric proteins.

1988 • 249 citations

Somatomedins

1980 • 247 citations

Modulation of fibroblast functions by interleukin 1: increased steady-state accumulation of type I procollagen messenger RNAs and stimulation of other functions but not chemotaxis by human recombinant interleukin 1 alpha and beta

1988 • 243 citations

Effect of gamma interferon on cachectin expression by mononuclear phagocytes. Reversal of the lpsd (endotoxin resistance) phenotype.

1986 • 241 citations

Stimulation of in vitro human skin collagenase expression by platelet-derived growth factor.

1985 • 236 citations

Melanoma, Growth Factors, Acanthosis Nigricans, the Sign of Leser-Trélat, and Multiple Acrochordons

1987 • 235 citations

The Somatomedins: Insulin-Like Growth Factors

1986 • 231 citations

Fibroblast growth factors: broad spectrum mitogens with potent angiogenic activity

1986 • 199 citations

The interleukin 1 receptor. Dynamics of interleukin 1 binding and internalization in T cells and fibroblasts.

1987 • 190 citations

The Reversal of an Adriamycin® Induced Healing Impairment with Chemoattractants and Growth Factors

1986 • 175 citations

Immunohistologic Demonstration of Platelet-derived Growth Factor (PDGF) and sis-Oncogene Expression in Scleroderma

1989 • 173 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-Beta: Selective Increase in Glycosaminoglycan Synthesis by Cultures of Fibroblasts From Patients With Progressive Systemic Sclerosis

1987 • 145 citations

Multiple Hormones Stimulate the Production of Somatomedin by Cultured Human Fibroblasts*

1984 • 143 citations

An Endocrine Approach to the Control of Epidermal Growth: Serum-Free Cultivation of Human Keratinocytes

1981 • 134 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor treatment decreases the affinity of the epidermal growth factor receptors of Swiss 3T3 cells.

1983 • 129 citations

Somatomedins

1980 • 126 citations

Human brain-derived acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors: Amino terminal sequences and specific mitogenic activities

1986 • 112 citations

Structure and properties of the cellular receptor for transforming growth factor type beta

1986 • 104 citations

Functional and structural characteristics of EGF and its receptor and their relationship to transforming proteins

1986 • 89 citations

Cytoplasmic transfer of the mitogenic response to platelet-derived growth factor.

1981 • 88 citations

Mechanism of action of retinoids

1986 • 86 citations

Role of Transforming Growth Factor Beta in the Maturation of Human Epidermal Keratinocytes

1988 • 82 citations

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR*

1982 • 78 citations

Multiple Biological Properties of Recombinant Human Interleukin 1 (beta)

1986 • 74 citations

Epidermal growth factor increases granulation tissue formation dose dependently

1987 • 69 citations

Replication and phenotypic expression of control and scleroderma human fibroblasts: responses to growth factors.

1982 • 53 citations

Basic Science Review: Growth Factors in Cancer and Their Relationship to Oncogenes

1986 • 49 citations

Tumour Necrosis Factor—an Overview

1986 • 44 citations

Lanolin and Epidermal Growth Factor in Healing of Partial-Thickness Pig Wounds

1988 • 36 citations

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors in Different Skin Tumors

1985 • 36 citations

Identification and Characterization of Chemoattractants for Epidermal Cells

1988 • 31 citations

Cowden disease: gene marker studies and measurements of epidermal growth factor.

1986 • 29 citations

Somatostatin and a Long-Acting Analogue, Octreotide Acetate

1989 • 16 citations

Increased Chemotactic and Mitogenic Response of Psoriatic Fibroblasts to Platelet-derived Growth Factor

1988 • 15 citations

Plasma somatomedin-C levels in systemic sclerosis

1988 • 11 citations