The roles of TGFβ in the tumour microenvironment

M Pickup, S Novitskiy, HL Moses - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
The influence of the microenvironment on tumour progression is becoming clearer. In this
Review we address the role of an essential signalling pathway, that of transforming growth …

Transforming growth factor-β in stem cells and tissue homeostasis

X Xu, L Zheng, Q Yuan, G Zhen, JL Crane, X Zhou… - Bone research, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract TGF-β 1–3 are unique multi-functional growth factors that are only expressed in
mammals, and mainly secreted and stored as a latent complex in the extracellular matrix …

NOTCH1 mediates a switch between two distinct secretomes during senescence

M Hoare, Y Ito, TW Kang, MP Weekes… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
Senescence, a persistent form of cell-cycle arrest, is often associated with a diverse
secretome, which provides complex functionality for senescent cells within the tissue …

The effect of matrix stiffness on the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in response to TGF-β

JS Park, JS Chu, AD Tsou, R Diop, Z Tang, A Wang… - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a valuable cell source for tissue
engineering and regenerative medicine. Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) can promote …

Volumetric printing across melt electrowritten scaffolds fabricates multi‐material living constructs with tunable architecture and mechanics

G Größbacher, M Bartolf‐Kopp, C Gergely… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Major challenges in biofabrication revolve around capturing the complex, hierarchical
composition of native tissues. However, individual 3D printing techniques have limited …

TGF-β signaling in control of cardiovascular function

MJ Goumans, P Ten Dijke - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Genetic studies in animals and humans indicate that gene mutations that functionally perturb
transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling are linked to specific hereditary vascular …

Rebuilding the damaged heart: mesenchymal stem cells, cell-based therapy, and engineered heart tissue

S Golpanian, A Wolf, KE Hatzistergos… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are broadly distributed cells that retain postnatal capacity
for self-renewal and multilineage differentiation. MSCs evade immune detection, secrete an …

Cholesterol loading reprograms the microRNA-143/145–myocardin axis to convert aortic smooth muscle cells to a dysfunctional macrophage-like phenotype

Y Vengrenyuk, H Nishi, X Long, M Ouimet… - … , and vascular biology, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—We previously showed that cholesterol loading in vitro converts mouse aortic
vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) from a contractile state to one resembling …

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells: historical overview and concepts

P Charbord - Human gene therapy, 2010 - liebertpub.com
This review describes the historical emergence of the concept of bone marrow
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), summarizing data on Wolf and Trentin's hematopoietic …

Differentiation of multipotent vascular stem cells contributes to vascular diseases

Z Tang, A Wang, F Yuan, Z Yan, B Liu, JS Chu… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
It is generally accepted that the de-differentiation of smooth muscle cells, from the contractile
to the proliferative/synthetic phenotype, has an important role during vascular remodelling …