TGF-β and fibrosis in different organs — molecular pathway imprints

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease - Tập 1792 Số 8 - Trang 746-756 - 2009
Dirk Pohlers1, Julia Brenmoehl2, Ivonne Loeffler3, Cornelia K. Müller4, Carola Leipner5, Stefan Schultze‐Mosgau4, Andreas Stallmach2, Raimund W. Kinne1, Günter Wolf3
1Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Waldkrankenhaus “Rudolf Elle” Eisenberg, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
2Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Clinic of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
3Clinic of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
4Clinic of Oromaxillofacial Surgery/Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
5Institute of Animal Research, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

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