Exaggerated Spontaneous Release of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor by Alveolar Macrophages from Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

A Platelet-Dependent Serum Factor That Stimulates the Proliferation of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro

1974 • 1,838 citations

LEUKOCYTE LOCOMOTION AND CHEMOTAXIS

1973 • 1,709 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor is structurally related to the putative transforming protein p28sis of simian sarcoma virus

1983 • 1,657 citations

Simian Sarcoma Virus onc Gene, v- sis , Is Derived from the Gene (or Genes) Encoding a Platelet-Derived Growth Factor

1983 • 1,550 citations

Structure of the receptor for platelet-derived growth factor helps define a family of closely related growth factor receptors

1986 • 1,244 citations

Inflammatory and immune processes in the human lung in health and disease: evaluation by bronchoalveolar lavage.

1979 • 958 citations

Dual control of cell growth by somatomedins and platelet-derived growth factor.

1979 • 926 citations

Growth factors: Mechanism of action and relation to oncogenes

1984 • 885 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor in chemotactic for fibroblasts.

1982 • 744 citations

A significant part of macrophage-derived growth factor consists of at least two forms of PDGF

1985 • 719 citations

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

1976 • 706 citations

Interstitial Lung Diseases of Unknown Cause

1984 • 696 citations

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

1977 • 695 citations

The Macrophage as an Effector Cell

1980 • 628 citations

Platelets as a source of fibroblast growth-promoting activity

1974 • 625 citations

Analysis of cellular and protein content of broncho-alveolar lavage fluid from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

1977 • 570 citations

Chemotaxis of monocytes and neutrophils to platelet-derived growth factor.

1982 • 553 citations

Attachment of smooth muscle cells to collagen and their migration toward platelet-derived growth factor.

1981 • 506 citations

THE FIBROBLAST AND WOUND REPAIR

1968 • 444 citations

POLYPEPTIDE GROWTH FACTORS

1984 • 381 citations

Activated human monocytes express the c-sis proto-oncogene and release a mediator showing PDGF-like activity

1986 • 380 citations

The c-sis gene encodes a precursor of the B chain of platelet-derived growth factor.

1984 • 376 citations

Structural and immunological similarities between simian sarcoma virus gene product(s) and human platelet-derived growth factor

1983 • 352 citations

Production of fibronectin by the human alveolar macrophage: mechanism for the recruitment of fibroblasts to sites of tissue injury in interstitial lung diseases.

1981 • 344 citations

Human Alveolar Macrophage Growth Factor for Fibroblasts

1982 • 301 citations

Role of fibronectin as a growth factor for fibroblasts.

1983 • 298 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the simian sarcoma virus genome: demonstration that its acquired cellular sequences encode the transforming gene product p28sis.

1983 • 293 citations

Circulating Immune Complexes in the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias

1978 • 281 citations

Chemotactic activity of platelet alpha granule proteins for fibroblasts.

1983 • 275 citations

Morphologic-physiologic correlates of the severity of fibrosis and degree of cellularity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

1979 • 237 citations

Modulation of alveolar macrophage-driven fibroblast proliferation by alternative macrophage mediators.

1986 • 235 citations

Mechanisms of neutrophil accumulation in the lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

1981 • 235 citations

Mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis. Spontaneous release of the alveolar macrophage-derived growth factor in the interstitial lung disorders.

1983 • 217 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor. Structure, function, and roles in normal and transformed cells.

1984 • 178 citations

Nucleotide sequence analysis identifies the human c-sis proto-oncogene as a structural gene for platelet-derived growth factor

1984 • 170 citations

A human onc gene homologous to the transforming gene (v-sis) of simian sarcoma virus

1981 • 156 citations

Structural and functional homologies in the receptors for insulin and the insulin-like growth factors

1982 • 154 citations

Spontaneous expression of the c-sis gene and release of a platelet-derived growth factorlike molecule by human alveolar macrophages.

1986 • 144 citations

Isolation of a cationic polypeptide from human serum that stimulates proliferation of 3T3 cells.

1975 • 140 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor promotes polymorphonuclear leukocyte activation

1984 • 132 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor promotes human peripheral monocyte activation

1985 • 116 citations

[58] Purification of human platelet-derived growth factor

1985 • 106 citations

Insulin Receptors

1983 • 98 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor stimulates mouse 3T3 cell mitogenesis and leukocyte chemotaxis through different structural determinants.

1983 • 81 citations

Dissociation of the chemotactic and mitogenic activities of platelet-derived growth factor by human neutrophil elastase.

1985 • 77 citations

Mononuclear Phagocytes

1985 • 72 citations

The musculature of the lungs in chronic pulmonary disease.

1953 • 67 citations

Identification of a PDGF‐like mitoattractant produced by NIH/3T3 cells after transformation with SV40

1985 • 23 citations

Muscular hyperplasia ("cirrhosis") of the lung and bronchial dilatations as features of chronic diffuse fibrosing alveolitis.

1966 • 21 citations