Tropical gar, Atractosteus tropicus Gill, 1863, is an ancient freshwater fish that commercially cultivated in southern Mexico. Currently, there a specific diet for its culture; however, the addition of probiotics has not been investigated. The objective this study was to evaluate supplementation live yeast Debaryomyces hansenii A. juveniles on growth, productive parameters, survival, somatic in...

conclusions the results of the present study showed that tgf-β1 (-509) c/t is strongly associated with quantitative parameters of connective tissue constituents of interdental papilla in cp patients. results the volume density (vʋ) of epithelium, connective tissue, collagenous and non-collagenous matrix and blood vessels had statistically significant differences between the control and chronic ...

UNLABELLED The aim of the present study was to integrate all the eligible studies and investigate whether the transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) gene polymorphisms (TGF-β1 T869C and TGF-β1 T29C) are correlated with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) risk. PMOP is a common skeletal disease and several genetic factors play an important role in the development and progression of PMOP. Signific...

Diverse cellular TGF-β1 and TGF-β3 gene expression in normal human and murine lung. R.K. Coker, G.J. Laurent, S. Shahzeidi, N.A. Hernández-Rodríguez, P. Pantelidis, R.M. du Bois, P.K. Jeffery, R.J. McAnulty. ERS Journals Ltd 1996. ABSTRACT: A role for transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) has been proposed in lung development and in the pathogenesis of pulmonary disease. However, previous ...

We have previously shown that estradiol suppresses types I and IV collagen synthesis by mesangial cells grown in the presence of serum. In the present study, we examined the interaction between estradiol and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) on collagen IV synthesis. In a luciferase reporter gene construct containing the type IV collagen promoter and α1-chain regulatory sequences, we found t...

Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease; it is an important health problem among postmenopausal women. We evaluated the association of three polymorphisms, T869C, C-509T and G915C, of the TGF-β1 gene with bone mineral density (BMD) serum TGF-β1 levels in 278 postmenopausal female osteopenia/osteoporosis subjects and 95 postmenopausal female control subjects. Serum TGF-β1 le...

Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a newly described 38-kDa peptide mitogen for fibroblasts and a promoter of connective tissue deposition in the skin. The CTGF gene promotor contains a transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) response element. Because TGF-β1 expression is upregulated in several models of fibroproliferative lung disease, we asked whether CTGF is also upregulated in a murin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE CGP 12177 not only inhibits agonist effects mediated through the catecholamine site of the β1 -adrenoceptor with high affinity, but also exhibits agonist effects of its own at higher concentrations through a secondary, low-affinity β1 -adrenoceptor site or conformation. β-blocker affinities for this 'CGP 12177' site of the human β1 -adrenoceptor have thus far only been ch...

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is associated epidemiologically with poor outcome of renal allografts due to mechanisms which remain largely undefined. Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), a potent fibrogenic cytokine, is more abundant in rejecting renal allografts that are infected with either HCMV or rat CMV as compared to uninfected, rejecting grafts. TGF-β1 induces renal fibrosis ...

Background: Integrins are transmembrane mechanosensitive proteins that negatively contribute to the pathogenesis of different types chronic liver disease and can activate focal adhesion kinase (FAK). Objectives: This study aimed determine hepatic integrin β1 FAK mRNA as well transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) protein expressions in cirrhotic patients simple steatosis. Meth...