TGF-β signaling in health, disease and therapeutics

Z Deng, T Fan, C **ao, H Tian, Y Zheng, C Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is a multifunctional cytokine expressed by almost every
tissue and cell type. The signal transduction of TGF-β can stimulate diverse cellular …

Regulation of the immune response by TGF-β: from conception to autoimmunity and infection

S Sanjabi, SA Oh, MO Li - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in both suppressive
and inflammatory immune responses. After 30 years of intense study, we have only begun to …

Regulation of immunity during visceral Leishmania infection

V Rodrigues, A Cordeiro-da-Silva, M Laforge… - Parasites & vectors, 2016‏ - Springer
Unicellular eukaryotes of the genus Leishmania are collectively responsible for a
heterogeneous group of diseases known as leishmaniasis. The visceral form of …

Regulation of immune responses by TGF-β

JJ Letterio, AB Roberts - Annual review of immunology, 1998‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family of proteins are a set of pleiotropic
secreted signaling molecules with unique and potent immunoregulatory properties. TGF-β1 …

Thrombospondin-1 is a major activator of TGF-β1 in vivo

SE Crawford, V Stellmach, JE Murphy-Ullrich… - Cell, 1998‏ - cell.com
The activity of TGF-β1 is regulated primarily extracellularly where the secreted latent form
must be modified to expose the active molecule. Here we show that thrombospondin-1 is …

Regulation and Function of T-Cell-Mediated Immunity during Toxoplasma gondii Infection

EY Denkers, RT Gazzinelli - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1998‏ - journals.asm.org
The intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread opportunistic parasite of
humans and animals. Normally, T. gondii establishes itself within brain and skeletal muscle …

The regulation of immunity to Leishmania major

SL Reiner, RM Locksley - Annual review of immunology, 1995‏ - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Experimental infection with the intracellular protozoan Leishmania major constitutes a
particularly versatile model for assessing the role of CD4+ subset development in the host …

Leishmaniases of the New World: current concepts and implications for future research

G Grimaldi Jr, RB Tesh - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1993‏ - journals.asm.org
Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that leishmaniasis in the Americas is far more
abundant and of greater public health importance than was previously recognized. The …

Clinical spectrum of leishmaniasis

RD Pearson, A de Queiroz Sousa - Clinical infectious diseases, 1996‏ - JSTOR
Leishmania species, which are protozoal pathogens belong-ing to the order Kinetoplastida,
have gained increasing notoriety over the past decade as causes of morbidity and mortality …

Mechanism of transforming growth factor β–induced inhibition of T helper type 1 differentiation

L Gorelik, S Constant, RA Flavell - The Journal of experimental …, 2002‏ - rupress.org
Regulation by transforming growth factor (TGF)-β plays an important role in immune
homeostasis. TGF-β inhibits T cell functions by blocking both proliferation and differentiation …