Many types of human malignant tumor have been reported to amplify transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) gene and overexpress its protein. However, little work has been done about the content of TGF-beta 1 protein in tissue and blood of patients with malignant tumors. TGF-beta 1 protein of tissue (n = 29) and serum TGF-beta 1 levels in patients with gastric carcinoma (n = 62) were compa...

PURPOSE To understand the mechanism of fibrosis after filtering surgery for glaucoma, the effect of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) was studied in subconjunctival fibroblasts (SCFs). TGF-beta, universal inhibitor of cell proliferation, stimulates the cell proliferation of fibroblasts. SCFs were evaluated for their production of TGF-beta and fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) to deter...

TGF-beta inhibits adipocyte differentiation, yet is expressed by adipocytes. The function of TGF-beta in adipogenesis, and its mechanism of action, is unknown. To address the role of TGF-beta signaling in adipocyte differentiation, we characterized the expression of the TGF-beta receptors, and the Smads which transmit or inhibit TGF-beta signals, during adipogenesis in 3T3-F442A cells. We found...

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) exerts profound inhibitory effects on a number of cell types, including normal B- and T-lymphocytes. In contrast, we have found a number of lymphoid tumor cell lines to be insensitive to the antiproliferative effects of TGF-beta 1 or TGF-beta 2. Binding and cross-linking with radioiodinated TGF-beta 1 demonstrated either low or absent expression of all...

Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta(1) is one of the most pleiotropic and multifunctional peptides known. While the cardioprotective effect of TGF-beta(1) during ischemia is well known, the specific role of TGF-beta(1) in altering the cardiac remodeling process remains unclear. This study was designed to examine the regulation of hypoxia-reoxygenation-mediated collagen type I expression and a...

Members of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily signal through their cognate receptors to determine cell phenotypes during embryogenesis. Our previous studies on the regulation of first branchial arch morphogenesis have identified critical components of a hierarchy of different TGF-beta isoforms and their possible functions in regulating tooth and cartilage formation durin...

TGF-beta is a potent regulatory cytokine that suppresses expression of inducible NO synthase and IFN-gamma, and suppresses Th1 and Th2 cell development. We examined whether functionally active TGF-beta is present in the local environment surrounding the invading protozoan Leishmania chagasi. Our prior data showed that TGF-beta levels are significantly increased in L. chagasi-infected mice. In t...

Several in vivo studies have reported the presence of immunoreactive transforming growth factor-beta's (TGF-beta's) in testicular cells at defined stages of their differentiation. The most pronounced changes in TGF-beta1 and TGF-beta2 immunoreactivity occurred during spermatogenesis. In the present study we have investigated whether germ cells and Sertoli cells are able to secrete bioactive TGF...

The conversion of latent transforming growth factor beta (LTGF-beta) to the active species, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), has been characterized in heterotypic cultures of bovine aortic endothelial (BAE) cells and bovine smooth muscle cells (SMCs). The formation of TGF-beta in co-cultures of BAE cells and SMCs was documented by a specific radioreceptor competition assay, while med...

Retinoic acid (RA)-treated HL-60 cells were used as a model to study differentiation of granulocytic leukemias. RA induces these cells to mature into granulocytes and to decrease growth. Mediators of these RA effects have not been identified definitively, but transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) has been implicated in regulating proliferation and differentiation of myelogenous leukemic ce...