Localization and cellular sources of activins in normal and fibrotic rat liver

Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4

1970 • 253,849 citations

Single-Step Method of RNA Isolation by Acid Guanidinium Thiocyanate–Phenol–Chloroform Extraction

1987 • 64,270 citations

Purification and characterization of an FSH releasing protein from porcine ovarian follicular fluid

1986 • 1,148 citations

Pituitary FSH is released by a heterodimer of the β-subunits from the two forms of inhibin

1986 • 1,071 citations

Expression and secretion of type beta transforming growth factor by activated human macrophages.

1987 • 981 citations

A new method to detect apoptosis in paraffin sections: in situ end-labeling of fragmented DNA.

1993 • 823 citations

Differentiation between cellular apoptosis and necrosis by the combined use of in situ tailing and nick translation techniques.

1994 • 697 citations

Identification of a potent Xenopus mesoderm-inducing factor as a homologue of activin A

1990 • 660 citations

Gonadal and extragonadal expression of inhibin alpha, beta A, and beta B subunits in various tissues predicts diverse functions.

1988 • 553 citations

Purification and biological characterization of human hepatopoietin A, a polypeptide growth factor for hepatocytes.

1989 • 455 citations

Isolation and partial characterization of a Mr 32,000 protein with inhibin activity from porcine follicular fluid.

1985 • 434 citations

Purification and characterization of Erythroid Differentiation Factor(EDF) isolated from human leukemia cell line THP-1

1987 • 409 citations

THE CONTROL OF MITOTIC ACTIVITY IN ADULT MAMMALIAN TISSUES

1962 • 386 citations

Cellular distribution of transforming growth factor-beta 1 and procollagen types I, III, and IV transcripts in carbon tetrachloride-induced rat liver fibrosis.

1990 • 354 citations

Activin Stimulates Spermatogonial Proliferation in Germ-Sertoli Cell Cocultures from Immature Rat Testis

1990 • 317 citations

PRODUCTION AND REGULATION OF INHIBIN SUBUNITS IN PITUITARY GONADOTROPES

1989 • 254 citations

Hepatocyte apoptosis: Is transforming growth factor-B1 the kiss of death? Oberhammer FA, Pavelka M, Sharma S, Tietenbacher R, Purchio AF, Bursch W, Schulte-Hermann R. Induction of apoptosis in cultured hepatocytes and in regressing liver by transforming growth factor β1. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1992;89:5408–5412

1993 • 233 citations

Hepatocyte growth factor/hepatopoietin A is expressed in fat-storing cells from rat liver but not myofibroblast-like cells derived from fat-storing cells

1992 • 212 citations

Activin induces cell death in hepatocytes in vivo and in vitro

1993 • 206 citations

Activin A: an autocrine inhibitor of initiation of DNA synthesis in rat hepatocytes.

1993 • 205 citations

Rapid Changes in the Expression of Inhibin α-, βA-, and βB-Subunits in Ovarian Cell Types During the Rat Estrous Cycle

1988 • 203 citations

Inhibin β in central neural pathways involved in the control of oxytocin secretion

1988 • 163 citations

Characterization of unique binding kinetics of follistatin and activin or inhibin in serum.

1994 • 136 citations

The tissue distribution of activin beta A- and beta B-subunit and follistatin messenger ribonucleic acids suggests multiple sites of action for the activin-follistatin system during human development.

1994 • 136 citations

Presence and Synthesis of Inhibin Subunits in Human Decidua*

1990 • 106 citations

Activin A increases the number of follicle-stimulating hormone cells in anterior pituitary cultures

1990 • 63 citations

Stimulation of Glucose Production by Activin-A in Isolated Rat Hepatocytes*

1989 • 59 citations

The measurement of activin/EDF in mouse serum: Evidence for extragonadal production

1992 • 21 citations

Tenascin synthesis in cultured rat liver fat-storing cells.

1991 • 20 citations

Pharmacokinetic profile of recombinant human (rh) inhibin A and activin A in the immature rat. I. Serum profile of rh-inhibin A and rh-activin A in the immature female rat.

1993 • 18 citations

Isolation, purification and culture of sinusoidal liver cells

1988 • 16 citations

Stimulation of Follistatin Production by Epidermal Growth Factor in Cultured Rat Hepatocytes

1994 • 15 citations

Transforming growth factor–β: The elusive hepatic chalone?

1992 • 5 citations