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1997 • 1,376 citations

Natural inhibitor of transforming growth factor-β protects against scarring in experimental kidney disease

1992 • 984 citations

Interaction of the small interstitial proteoglycans biglycan, decorin and fibromodulin with transforming growth factor β

1994 • 983 citations

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1998 • 705 citations

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1996 • 636 citations

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1996 • 485 citations

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1995 • 452 citations

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1999 • 440 citations

Interaction of Biglycan with Type I Collagen

1995 • 373 citations

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1993 • 350 citations

Decorin suppresses tumor cell growth by activating the epidermal growth factor receptor.

1998 • 278 citations

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Decorin-induced Growth Suppression Is Associated with Up-regulation of p21, an Inhibitor of Cyclin-dependent Kinases

1996 • 235 citations

Enalapril reduces collagen type IV synthesis and expansion of the interstitium in the obstructed rat kidney

1994 • 214 citations

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Oxidant stress in hyperlipidemia-induced renal damage

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Small proteoglycans in human diabetic nephropathy: discrepancy between glomerular expression and protein accumulation of decorin, biglycan, lumican, and fibromodulin

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1999 • 86 citations

The role of growth factors, cytokines, and vasoactive compounds in obstructive nephropathy.

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Influence of decorin expression on transforming growth factor-β-mediated collagen gel retraction and biglycan induction

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1998 • 80 citations

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1999 • 75 citations

Decorin, biglycan and their endocytosis receptor in rat renal cortex

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The importance of tubulointerstitial damage in progressive renal disease

2000 • 57 citations

Retroviral Overexpression of Decorin Differentially Affects the Response of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells to Growth Factors

2001 • 57 citations

Cyclin kinase inhibitor p21^CIP1/WAF1limits interstitial cell proliferation following ureteric obstruction

1999 • 40 citations

Matrix metalloproteinase expression by endothelial cells in collagen lattices changes during co-culture with fibroblasts and upon induction of decorin expression

2001 • 39 citations

Increased expression of decorin in experimental hydronephrosis

1997 • 28 citations

Haemopoietic biglycan produced by brain cells stimulates growth of microglial cells

2000 • 28 citations

Hematopoietic Activity Associated with Biglycan-like Proteoglycan

1993 • 15 citations