Transforming Growth Factor Beta Isoforms Production by Human Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells after Exposure to Hypoxia - Concepedia

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Transforming Growth Factor Beta Isoforms Production by Human Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells after Exposure to Hypoxia

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2000

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Ghassan M. Saed, Wendy Zhang, Michael P. Diamond, N. Chegini, Lena Holmdahl

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Abstract

TGF-beta1 treatment under hypoxia further extenuates endogenous TGF-beta2 but blocks TGF-beta1 production, thereby decreasing the TGF-beta1/TGF-beta2 ratio, which may result in the reduction of scarring and fibrosis.