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transforming growth factor

Any of a group of distinct polypeptides that have been isolated from virus-transformed rodent cells, which are capable of altering a cell's phenotype, causing fibroblasts to lose anchorage-dependence and stimulating angiogenesis
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Early castration-induced upregulation of transforming growth factor beta1 and its receptors is associated with tumor cell apoptosis and a major decline in serum prostate-specific antigen in prostate cancer patients.
Transforming growth factor [beta] expression in human placenta and placental bed during early pregnancy.
Lorenzo, "Transforming growth factor [[beta].sub.1] induces differentiation-specific gene expression in fetal rat brown adipocytes," FEBS Letters, vol.
Key words: Cicatrix, Hypertrophic; Keloid; Models, Animal; Rabbit; Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1.
Involvement of transforming growth factor alpha in the release of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone from the developing female hypothalamus.
DKD, diabetic kidney disease; TGF-[beta], transforming growth factor [beta]; MRTF-A, myocardin-related transcription factor A; HAT, histone acetyltransferase; HDAC, histone deacetylase; HMT, histone methyltransferase; Smad, mothers against decapentaplegic homologue; ECM, excess extracellular matrix; EMT, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-[beta] is involved in physiological processes, such as wound healing, tissue development, and remodeling.
He found that Nanog opens two key cellular pathways: Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) and Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β).
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