Biology of TGF-beta in knockout and transgenic mouse models.
review · Level V
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Abstract
This paper reviews the basic biology and biochemistry of the TGF-beta isoforms including their unique serine-threonine receptors and signaling intermediates. Dysregulation of TGF-beta expression and/or receptor/signaling function have been implicated in a wide variety of pathologies. We will discuss mechanisms underlying some of these disease processes as gained from study of transgenic mice in which expression of TGF-beta 1 has either been lost by targeted deletion of its gene, is overexpressed in a tissue-specific manner, or blocked by its latency associated peptide.
Medical subject headings
- Transforming Growth Factor beta