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TGF-β in Renal Injury and Disease

Erwin P. Böttinger

Seminars in Nephrology · 2007 · 338 citations · 98 references

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Macrophages that have ingested apoptotic cells in vitro inhibit proinflammatory cytokine production through autocrine/paracrine mechanisms involving TGF-beta, PGE2, and PAF.

Valerie A. Fadok, Donna L. Bratton, Anatole Konowal et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1998 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Transforming growth factor type beta: rapid induction of fibrosis and angiogenesis in vivo and stimulation of collagen formation in vitro.

Anita B. Roberts, Michael B. Sporn, Richard K. Assoian et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1986 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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Mechanism of activation of the TGF-β receptor

Jeffrey L. Wrana, Liliana Attisano, Rotraud Wieser et al. · Nature · 1994 · 2.3K citations

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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and its implications for fibrosis

Raghu Kalluri, Eric G. Neilson · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2003 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Evidence that fibroblasts derive from epithelium during tissue fibrosis

Masayuki Iwano, David Plieth, Theodore M. Danoff et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2002 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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