Plasma transforming growth factor-β1 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Comparison with chronic liver diseases

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

Human transforming growth factor-β complementary DNA sequence and expression in normal and transformed cells

1985 • 1,687 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

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

1987 • 1,308 citations

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

1981 • 925 citations

Growth Inhibitor from BSC-1 Cells Closely Related to Platelet Type β Transforming Growth Factor

1984 • 779 citations

Transforming growth factor beta is an important immunomodulatory protein for human B lymphocytes.

1986 • 777 citations

Transforming Growth Factors β1 and α in Chronic Liver Disease

1991 • 655 citations

Transforming growth factor beta mRNA increases during liver regeneration: a possible paracrine mechanism of growth regulation.

1988 • 483 citations

Transforming growth factors: isolation of polypeptides from virally and chemically transformed cells by acid/ethanol extraction.

1980 • 461 citations

Absence of TGF-β Receptors and Growth Inhibitory Responses in Retinoblastoma Cells

1988 • 331 citations

Inhibitory effect of transforming growth factor-β on DNA synthesis of adult rat hepatocytes in primary culture

1985 • 325 citations

Human Transforming Growth Factor- β3: Recombinant Expression, Purification, and Biological Activities in Comparison with Transforming Growth Factors-β 1 and -β2

1989 • 280 citations

Transforming growth factors beta 1 and beta 2 are differentially expressed in fibrotic liver disease.

1991 • 266 citations

Complementary Deoxyribonucleic Acid Cloning of a Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Encoding Transforming Growth Factor β 4 from Chicken Embryo Chondrocytes

1988 • 227 citations

Identification of a novel transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta 5) mRNA in Xenopus laevis.

1990 • 177 citations

Elevated levels of transforming growth factor beta messenger RNA and its polypeptide in human hepatocellular carcinoma.

1991 • 150 citations

Type beta transforming growth factor from feline sarcoma virus-transformed rat cells. Isolation and biological properties.

1984 • 143 citations

Expression of transforming growth factor alpha in normal human adult kidney and enhanced expression of transforming growth factors alpha and beta 1 in renal cell carcinoma.

1989 • 143 citations

Complete amino acid sequence of human transforming growth factor type beta 2.

1987 • 139 citations

Effects of Transforming Growth Factor-β on Matrix Synthesis by Chick Growth Plate Chondrocytes*

1988 • 136 citations

Transcripts for transforming growth factors in human breast cancer: clinical correlates

1990 • 107 citations

Expression of TGF‐β and procollagen type I and type III in human gastric carcinomas

1989 • 99 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta and suppression of humoral immune responses in HIV infection.

1991 • 84 citations

Elevated Levels of Plasma Transforming Growth Factor‐β in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

1992 • 68 citations

Effects of phorbol ester on cell growth inhibition by transforming growth factor β 1 in human hepatoma cell lines

1990 • 15 citations

Modulation of c‐myc Expression by Transforming Growth Factor β1 in Human Hepatoma Cell Lines

1990 • 12 citations