Progressive pulmonary fibrosis is mediated by TGF-β isoform 1 but not TGF-β3

TGF-β, Smad3 and the process of progressive fibrosis

Transient adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of active TGF-β1 (transforming growth factor-β1) induces severe and progressive fibrosis in rodent lung without apparent inflammation. Alternatively, transfer of IL-1β (interleukin 1β) induces marked tissue injury and inflammation, which develops into progressive fibrosis, associated with an increase in TGF-β1 concentrations in lung fluid and tissue. ...

BARD1 mediates TGF-β signaling in pulmonary fibrosis

BACKGROUND Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rapid progressive fibro-proliferative disorder with poor prognosis similar to lung cancer. The pathogenesis of IPF is uncertain, but loss of epithelial cells and fibroblast proliferation are thought to be central processes. Previous reports have shown that BARD1 expression is upregulated in response to hypoxia and associated with TGF-β signali...

Integrin αVβ6-mediated activation of latent TGF-β requires the latent TGF-β binding protein-1

Transforming growth factor-betas (TGF-beta) are secreted as inactive complexes containing the TGF-beta, the TGF-beta propeptide, also called the latency-associated protein (LAP), and the latent TGF-beta binding protein (LTBP). Extracellular activation of this complex is a critical but incompletely understood step in TGF-beta regulation. We have investigated the role of LTBP in modulating TGF-be...

Mediated by Integrin 1 / GARP Complex on T Regulatory β TGF - 1 from the Latent β Release of Active TGF

TGF β-induced cartilage repair is maintained but fibrosis is blocked in the presence of Smad7

Cartilage damage in osteoarthritis (OA) is considered an imbalance between catabolic and anabolic factors, favoring the catabolic side. We assessed whether adenoviral overexpression of transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) enhanced cartilage repair and whether TGFbeta-induced fibrosis was blocked by local expression of the intracellular TGFbeta inhibitor Smad7. We inflicted cartilage damage...