TGF-β receptors: In and beyond TGF-β signaling

A Vander Ark, J Cao, X Li - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) plays an important role in normal development and
homeostasis. Dysregulation of TGF-β responsiveness and its downstream signaling …

TGF-β family signaling in the control of cell proliferation and survival

Y Zhang, PB Alexander… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2017 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family controls many fundamental aspects of
cellular behavior. With advances in the molecular details of the TGF-β signaling cascade …

Epithelial NOTCH signaling rewires the tumor microenvironment of colorectal cancer to drive poor-prognosis subtypes and metastasis

R Jackstadt, SR van Hooff, JD Leach, X Cortes-Lavaud… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
The metastatic process of colorectal cancer (CRC) is not fully understood and effective
therapies are lacking. We show that activation of NOTCH1 signaling in the murine intestinal …

Dynamic and adaptive cancer stem cell population admixture in colorectal neoplasia

EG Vazquez, N Nasreddin, GN Valbuena… - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Intestinal homeostasis is underpinned by LGR5+ve crypt-base columnar stem cells (CBCs),
but following injury, dedifferentiation results in the emergence of LGR5− ve regenerative …

BMP signalling in skeletal development, disease and repair

VS Salazar, LW Gamer, V Rosen - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2016 - nature.com
Since the identification in 1988 of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) as a potent inducer
of bone and cartilage formation, BMP superfamily signalling has become one of the most …

The mechanism and therapy of aortic aneurysms

J Gao, H Cao, G Hu, Y Wu, Y Xu, H Cui, HS Lu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Aortic aneurysm is a chronic aortic disease affected by many factors. Although it is generally
asymptomatic, it poses a significant threat to human life due to a high risk of rupture …

A complex secretory program orchestrated by the inflammasome controls paracrine senescence

JC Acosta, A Banito, T Wuestefeld, A Georgilis… - Nature cell …, 2013 - nature.com
Oncogene-induced senescence (OIS) is crucial for tumour suppression. Senescent cells
implement a complex pro-inflammatory response termed the senescence-associated …

Targeting the TGFβ signalling pathway in disease

RJ Akhurst, A Hata - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2012 - nature.com
Many drugs that target transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) signalling have been developed,
some of which have reached Phase III clinical trials for a number of disease applications …

Risk factors and biomarkers of age-related macular degeneration

NG Lambert, H ElShelmani, MK Singh… - Progress in retinal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
A biomarker can be a substance or structure measured in body parts, fluids or products that
can affect or predict disease incidence. As age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the …

Context-dependent TGFβ family signalling in cell fate regulation

L Richardson, SG Wilcockson, L Guglielmi… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
The transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) family are a large group of evolutionarily conserved
cytokines whose signalling modulates cell fate decision-making across varying cellular …