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TGFbeta1 modulates the phenotype of Schwann cells at the transcriptional level.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Mar 2002
Awatramani Rajeshwar, Shumas Susan, Kamholz John, Scherer Steven S
Abstract excerpt
We have examined the effects of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) on gene expression in cultured rat Schwann cells (SCs). TGFbeta1 decreased the steady-state mRNA levels of several genes that are expressed by myelinating SCs but had varied effects on the mRNA levels of NCAM, L1, GAP-43, and p75-genes that are expressed by denervated and nonmyelinating SCs. TGFbeta1 antagonized the effects of forskolin...
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