background: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease, which imposes massive human distress and financial costs to the endemic countries. better understanding of host immune response to the parasite leads to helpful strategies for disease control. interleukin (il)-10 and transforming growth factor (tgf)-β are important immune regulatory cytokines, which appear to develop non-heal...

background: successful pregnancy in allopregnant women depends upon the control of graft rejection mechanisms. it has been suggested that some immunosuppressive cytokines contribute to successful pregnancy and transplantation. transforming growth factor beta (tgf-   β) exhibits potent immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory properties which might prolong graft survival. recent studies suggest a ...

  Objective(s):Transforming growth factor-β(TGF-β) is involved in colorectal cancer (CRC). The SD-208 acts as an anti-cancer agent in different malignancies via TGF-β signaling. This work aims to show the effect of manipulation of TGF-β signaling on some miRNAs implicated in CRC. Materials and Methods: We investigated the effects of SD-208 on SW-48, a colon adenocarcinoma cell line. The cell li...

Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) is a multifunctional cytokine that is synthesized by many types of cells and regulates the cell cycle. Increasing evidence has led to TGF-β receiving increased and deserved attention in recent years because it may play a potentially novel and critical role in the development and progression of myocardial fibrosis and the subsequent progress of ventricular re...

Epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk is vital for balancing expansion and regression of the progenitor cell pool during tissue turnover. In hair growth cycle, little known about mechanisms underlying regulated death follicle that precedes each regeneration re-growth. Here, we discover dermal sheath smooth muscle, which lines all follicles, controls via transforming factor (TGF)-β mechanosignaling. ...

Abstract Lactoferrin (LF) is known to possess anti-inflammatory activity, although its mechanisms of action are not well-understood. The present study asked whether LF affects the commitment inducible regulatory T cells (Tregs). substantially promoted Foxp3 expression by mouse activated CD4+T cells, and this activity was further enhanced TGF-β1. Interestingly, blocking TGF-β with anti–TGF-β Ab ...

an appropriate differentiation of distinct human cd4+ t cell subset is critical for manipulating these cells for using in immunity related diseases. despite various attempts to clarify the role of different factors involved in th17 differentiation, many crucial contradictions yet remained to be optimized. although it has been shown that the differentiation of in-vitro th17 cells culture conditi...