Embryonic gene expression patterns of TGF β1, β2 and β3 suggest different developmental functions in vivo

Primer-Directed Enzymatic Amplification of DNA with a Thermostable DNA Polymerase

1988 • 17,059 citations

Genomic sequencing.

1984 • 8,343 citations

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

1985 • 1,687 citations

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

1984 • 1,638 citations

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

1981 • 925 citations

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

1987 • 760 citations

A transcript from a Drosophila pattern gene predicts a protein homologous to the transforming growth factor-β family

1987 • 756 citations

A maternal mRNA localized to the vegetal hemisphere in xenopus eggs codes for a growth factor related to TGF-β

1987 • 747 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

Transforming growth factor production by chemically transformed cells.

1981 • 506 citations

The murine transforming growth factor-beta precursor.

1986 • 492 citations

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

1988 • 452 citations

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.

1989 • 440 citations

Two forms of transforming growth factor-β distinguished by multipotential haematopoietic progenitor cells

1987 • 407 citations

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

1988 • 347 citations

Retinoic acid induces transforming growth factor-beta 2 in cultured keratinocytes and mouse epidermis.

1989 • 333 citations

Identification of another member of the transforming growth factor type beta gene family.

1988 • 326 citations

Epithelial-mesenchymal cell transformation in the embryonic heart can be mediated, in part, by transforming growth factor β

1989 • 286 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

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

Differential expression of TGF beta isoforms in murine palatogenesis

1990 • 257 citations

TGF beta in murine morphogenetic processes: the early embryo and cardiogenesis

1990 • 239 citations

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

1988 • 227 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

Comparison of the biological actions of TGF beta‐1 and TGF beta‐2: Differential activity in endothelial cells

1988 • 195 citations

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

1990 • 177 citations

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

1988 • 173 citations

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

1986 • 166 citations

Myocardial specificity for initiating endothelial-mesenchymal cell transition in embryonic chick heart correlates with a particulate distribution of fibronectin

1987 • 158 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

Induction of an epithelial-mesenchymal transition by an in vivo adheron-like complex

1989 • 144 citations

Expression of TGF-β isoforms during first trimester human embryogenesis

1990 • 139 citations

Protein extracts from early embryonic hearts initiate cardiac endothelial cytodifferentiation

1985 • 136 citations

Localized synthesis of the Vg1 protein during early Xenopus development

1989 • 129 citations

Epithelial autonomy in the development of the inner ear of a bird embryo

1990 • 116 citations

Localization of the expression of types I, III, and IV collagen, TGF-β1 and c-fos genes in developing human calvarial bones

1988 • 109 citations

Cloning by Polymerase Chain Reaction of a New Mouse TGF-β, mTGF-β3

1990 • 70 citations

The Role of TGFβ in Mouse Development^a

1990 • 45 citations

Ontogeny of pulmonary alveolar epithelial markers of differentiation

1990 • 38 citations

Isolation and Characterization of TGF-β2 and TGF-β5 from Medium Conditioned by Xenopus XTC Cells

1990 • 29 citations