Transcriptional activators of TGF-β responses: Smads

R Derynck, Y Zhang, XH Feng - Cell, 1998 - cell.com
Smads are a class of proteins that function as intracellusive promoter sites. Thus, Smads
have been shown to lar signaling effectors for the TGF-ß superfamily of seact as transcription …

A tale of two proteins: Differential roles and regulation of Smad2 and Smad3 in TGF‐β signaling

KA Brown, JA Pietenpol… - Journal of cellular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Transforming growth factor‐beta (TGF‐β) is an important growth inhibitor of epithelial cells,
and insensitivity to this cytokine results in uncontrolled cell proliferation and can contribute to …

Smads orchestrate specific histone modifications and chromatin remodeling to activate transcription

S Ross, E Cheung, TG Petrakis, M Howell… - The EMBO …, 2006 - embopress.org
Smads are intracellular transducers for TGF‐β superfamily ligands, but little is known about
the mechanism by which complexes of receptor‐phosphorylated Smad2 and Smad4 …

TGF‐β signaling: A tale of two responses

RA Rahimi, EB Leof - Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β) regulates a wide variety of cellular processes
including cell growth, apoptosis, differentiation, migration, and extracellular matrix …

Non-Smad signaling pathways

Y Mu, SK Gudey, M Landström - Cell and tissue research, 2012 - Springer
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ) is a key regulator of cell fate during embryogenesis
and has also emerged as a potent driver of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition during …

Specification of BMP signaling

J Nickel, TD Mueller - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) together with the Growth and Differentiation Factors
(GDFs) form the largest subgroup of the Transforming Growth Factor (TGF) β family and …

Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of Smads 2, 3, and 4 permits sensing of TGF-β receptor activity

GJ Inman, FJ Nicolás, CS Hill - Molecular cell, 2002 - cell.com
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β stimulation leads to phosphorylation and activation of
Smad2 and Smad3, which form complexes with Smad4 that accumulate in the nucleus and …

Smad-dependent and Smad-independent pathways in TGF-β family signalling

R Derynck, YE Zhang - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) proteins regulate cell function, and have key roles in
development and carcinogenesis. The intracellular effectors of TGF-β signalling, the Smad …

Crossing smads

JL Wrana - Science's STKE, 2000 - science.org
The transforming growth factor–β (TGF-β) superfamily of secreted polypeptide growth factors
exerts extensive control over all aspects of development and homeostasis, and components …

Characterization of functional domains within Smad4/DPC4

MP de Caestecker, P Hemmati, S Larisch-Bloch… - Journal of Biological …, 1997 - ASBMB
Smad proteins are a family of highly conserved, intracellular proteins that signal cellular
responses downstream of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family serine/threonine …