Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a critical role in cancer metastasis, and is regulated by growth factors such as transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) and fibroblast growth factors (FGF) secreted from the stromal and tumor cells. However, the role of growth factors in EMT has not been fully established. Several integrins are upregulated by TGF-β1 during EMT. Integrins are involv...

Aim. We aimed to evaluate levels of transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in the serum, lymph nodes, and primary tumour patients with colorectal cancer. Materials Methods. Here we enrolled 44 cancer 25 benign tumours colon admitted Chita Regional Cancer Centre 2019-2020. The control group included injury. concentration TGF-β1 homogenate was measured by flow cytometry (CytoFlex LX analyzer LEGE...

Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), a multi-functional cytokine, is involved in regulating a variety of cellular activities and the serum/plasma TGF-beta1 level is altered with various diseases. However, most published reports have described adult patients, and so we investigated the clinical significance of serum TGF-beta1 level in pediatric patients. The diagnostic application of th...

Objective(s):Diabetic nephropathy is an important long-term complication of diabetes mellitus which appears to be partially mediated by an increase in secretion of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). Fibromodulin, the small leucine-rich proteoglycan, has been proposed to be the potent TGFβ1 modulator. In this study, the therapeutic effects of recombinant adenoviral vectors expressing fibromod...

Background & Aims: Numerous studies have reported the renoprotective effects of exercise in both human and animal models of diabetic nephropathy. However, detailed mechanism of action by which exercise has a favorable influence on renal fibrogenic factors is not yet fully understood. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of swimming exercise on the activity ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) often arises from chronically diseased livers. Persistent liver inflammation causes the accumulation of excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and impairs the liver function, finally leading to the development of HCC. A pleiotropic cytokine, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, plays critical roles throughout the process of fibrogenesis and hepatocarcinogen...

Copyright © 2015 Massachusetts Medical Society. BACKGROUND Crohn’s disease–related inflammation is characterized by reduced activity of the immunosuppressive cytokine transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) due to high levels of SMAD7, an inhibitor of TGF-β1 signaling. Preclinical studies and a phase 1 study have shown that an oral SMAD7 antisense oligonucleotide, mongersen, targets ileal and co...

Silver salts and nanosilver (NS) are the common antimicrobial used in the treatment of chronic wounds, so they are important to assess their dermal toxicity. Therefore, in this study, the possible dermal toxicity of NS particles and silver nitrate (AgNO3), was tested by determining the serum level of transforming growth factor-β1(TGF-β1) and study on of mouse skin tissue. In this stu...

Purpose: To investigate the differential expressions of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), hypoxia inductive factor-1 (HIF-1), vascular endothelial factor (VEGF), α-smooth muscle protein (α-SMA) and E-cadherin in renal tissues neonatal rat model hydronephrosis.Methods: The rats (90) were randomly divided into sham group group. further two subgroups: week 1 12 after relief obstruction, with...

We investigated the mechanism of the anti-fibrotic effects of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in the kidney, with respect to its effect on connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), a down-stream, profibrotic mediator of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1). In wild-type (WT) mice with 5/6 nephrectomy (Nx), HGF and TGF-beta1 mRNAs increased transiently in the remnant kidney by week 1 after ...