Patterns of expression of murine Vgr-1 and BMP-2a RNA suggest that transforming growth factor-beta-like genes coordinately regulate aspects of embryonic development.

Manipulating the mouse embryo: A laboratory manual

1986 • 4,548 citations

Novel Regulators of Bone Formation: Molecular Clones and Activities

1988 • 3,919 citations

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

Detection of mRNAs in sea urchin embryos by in situ hybridization using asymmetric RNA probes

1984 • 1,638 citations

Transforming growth factor beta modulates the expression of collagenase and metalloproteinase inhibitor.

1987 • 1,243 citations

Type beta transforming growth factor: a bifunctional regulator of cellular growth.

1985 • 1,107 citations

Synergistic induction of mesoderm by FGF and TGF-β and the identification of an mRNA coding for FGF in the early xenopus embryo

1987 • 883 citations

Role of transforming growth factor-beta in the development of the mouse embryo.

1987 • 760 citations

Reversible inhibition of normal human prokeratinocyte proliferation by type beta transforming growth factor-growth inhibitor in serum-free medium.

1986 • 559 citations

Cartilage-inducing factor-A. Apparent identity to transforming growth factor-beta.

1986 • 533 citations

Developmental expression of 2ar (osteopontin) and SPARC (osteonectin) RNA as revealed by in situ hybridization

1988 • 519 citations

Purification and characterization of two cartilage-inducing factors from bovine demineralized bone.

1985 • 503 citations

Identification and cloning of localized maternal RNAs from xenopus eggs

1985 • 464 citations

Mesoderm Induction in Amphibians: the Role of TGF-β2-Like Factors

1988 • 452 citations

Expression of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in specific cells and tissues of adult and neonatal mice.

1989 • 451 citations

Type beta transforming growth factor reversibly inhibits the early proliferative response to partial hepatectomy in the rat.

1988 • 424 citations

Reversible Inhibition of Mammary Gland Growth by Transforming Growth Factor-β

1987 • 408 citations

Quantitative changes in total RNA, total poly(A), and ribosomes in early mouse embryos

1982 • 378 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta 1: histochemical localization with antibodies to different epitopes.

1989 • 378 citations

Embryonic expression pattern of TGF beta type-1 RNA suggests both paracrine and autocrine mechanisms of action

1988 • 347 citations

Cartilage-inducing factor-B is a unique protein structurally and functionally related to transforming growth factor-beta.

1987 • 336 citations

Selective inhibition of growth-related gene expression in murine keratinocytes by transforming growth factor beta.

1988 • 324 citations

The decapentaplegic gene is required for dorsal-ventral patterning of the Drosophila embryo.

1987 • 288 citations

Regional specification within the mesoderm of early embryos of Xenopus laevis

1987 • 286 citations

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

1988 • 275 citations

Mesoderm induction and mesoderm-inducing factors in early amphibian development

1989 • 274 citations

Terminal differentiation and calcification in rabbit chondrocyte cultures grown in centrifuge tubes: regulation by transforming growth factor beta and serum factors.

1988 • 261 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta is a strong and fast acting positive regulator of the level of type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor mRNA in WI-38 human lung fibroblasts.

1987 • 247 citations

Decapentaplegic transcripts are localized along the dorsal-ventral axis of the Drosophila embryo.

1987 • 247 citations

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

1988 • 227 citations

Transforming growth factor‐beta modulates the expression of osteoblast and chondroblast phenotypes in vitro

1988 • 216 citations

Meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes triggers the translation and polyadenylation of dormant tissue-type plasminogen activator mRNA.

1987 • 211 citations

Expression of transforming growth factor β2 RNA during murine embryogenesis

1989 • 202 citations

Changes in total RNA, polyadenylated RNA, and actin mRNA during meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes

1985 • 202 citations

Vgr-1, a mammalian gene related to Xenopus Vg-1, is a member of the transforming growth factor beta gene superfamily.

1989 • 176 citations

TGF-β1-induced inhibition of mouse mammary ductal growth: Developmental specificity and characterization

1989 • 174 citations

Enhanced expression of TGF-β and c-fos mRNAs in the growth plates of developing human long bones

1988 • 173 citations

A new look into an old problem: keratins as tools to investigate determination, morphogenesis, and differentiation in skin.

1989 • 155 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β Stimulates Meiotic Maturation of the Rat Oocyte

1988 • 125 citations

Half-lives and relative amounts of stored and polysomal ribosomes and poly(A)+ RNA in mouse oocytes

1983 • 84 citations

Genetical studies on the skeleton of the mouse

1953 • 81 citations

The developmental effects of congenital hydrocephalus (ch) in the mouse

1970 • 70 citations

Müllerian Inhibiting Substance: Gene Structure and Mechanism of Action of a Fetal Regressor

1987 • 59 citations

Evidence for the involvement of the proto-oncogene c-mos in mammalian meiotic maturation and possibly very early embryogenesis.

1988 • 57 citations