Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β₁, -β₂, and -β₃ mRNA and Protein in the Murine Lung

Synthesis of messenger RNAs for transforming growth factors alpha and beta and the epidermal growth factor receptor by human tumors.

1987 • 895 citations

Organogenesis and pattern formation in the mouse: RNA distribution patterns suggest a role for Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2A (BMP-2A)

1990 • 616 citations

Type beta transforming growth factor is the primary differentiation-inducing serum factor for normal human bronchial epithelial cells.

1986 • 570 citations

The postnatal growth of the rat lung. I. Morphometry

1974 • 514 citations

Macrophage production of transforming growth factor beta and fibroblast collagen synthesis in chronic pulmonary inflammation.

1989 • 502 citations

Enhanced production and extracellular deposition of the endothelial-type plasminogen activator inhibitor in cultured human lung fibroblasts by transforming growth factor-beta.

1986 • 443 citations

The postnatal growth of the rat lung II. Autoradiography

1974 • 370 citations

Mesodermal induction in early amphibian embryos by activin A (erythroid differentiation factor)

1990 • 357 citations

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

1988 • 347 citations

In situ hybridization analysis of TGFβ3 RNA expression during mouse development: comparative studies with TGFβ1 and β2

1990 • 325 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

Beta-type transforming growth factor specifies organizational behavior in vascular smooth muscle cell cultures.

1987 • 229 citations

Colocalization of TGF-beta 1 and collagen I and III, fibronectin and glycosaminoglycans during lung branching morphogenesis*

1990 • 226 citations

Murine Transforming Growth Factor-β2 cDNA Sequence and Expression in Adult Tissues and Embryos

1989 • 220 citations

Expression of transforming growth factor β2 RNA during murine embryogenesis

1989 • 202 citations

Transforming growth factor type beta specifically stimulates synthesis of proteoglycan in human adult arterial smooth muscle cells.

1987 • 198 citations

Growth factor expression in aorta of normotensive and hypertensive rats.

1989 • 195 citations

Regulation of proliferation and differentiation of respiratory tract epithelial cells by TGFβ

1986 • 166 citations

Complementary DNA Cloning of the Murine Transforming Growth Factor-β3 (TGFβ3) Precursor and the Comparative Expression of TGFβ3 and TGFβ1 Messenger RNA in Murine Embryos and Adult Tissues

1989 • 157 citations

Collagen Synthesis by Normal and Fibrotic Human Lung Fibroblasts and the Effect of Transforming Growth Factor-β

1989 • 155 citations

The elastogenic effect of recombinant transforming growth factor-beta on porcine aortic smooth muscle cells

1988 • 137 citations

Regulation of the synthesis and activity of urokinase plasminogen activator in A549 human lung carcinoma cells by transforming growth factor-beta

1988 • 118 citations

High Levels of Transforming Growth Factor-β Are Present in the Epithelial Lining Fluid of the Normal Human Lower Respiratory Tract

1988 • 81 citations

Differential expression of platelet‐derived growth factor and transforming growth factor genes in small‐ and non‐small‐cell human lung carcinoma lines

1988 • 78 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta activity in sheep lung lymph during the development of pulmonary hypertension.

1990 • 77 citations

The Beta-Type Transforming Growth Factor: Mediators of Cell Regulation in the Lung

1990 • 67 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β Increases Elastin Production by Neonatal Rat Lung Fibroblasts

1990 • 59 citations

Control of growth and squamous differentiation in normal human bronchial epithelial cells by chemical and biological modifiers and transferred genes.

1989 • 47 citations

Macrophage-derived Growth Factors in Wound Healing: Regulation of Growth Factor Production by the Oxygen Microenvironment

1989 • 46 citations

Protein synthesis in rat lung. Measurements in vivo based on leucyl-tRNA and rapidly turning-over procollagen I

1984 • 45 citations

The expression of the platelet-derived and transforming growth factor genes in human nonsmall lung cancer cell lines is related to tumor stroma formation in nude mice tumors.

1988 • 35 citations

AGEING AND LUNG FUNCTION

1985 • 29 citations

Effect of Transforming Growth Factor Beta on Synthesis of Glycosaminoglycans by Human Lung Fibroblasts

1990 • 21 citations