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Targets of transcriptional regulation by two distinct type I receptors for transforming growth factor-beta in human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Dec 2002
Ota Tatsuru, Fujii Makiko, Sugizaki Takashi, Ishii Masami, Miyazawa Keiji, Aburatani Hiroyuki, Miyazono Kohei
Abstract excerpt
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) plays a crucial role in vascular development and homeostasis by regulating many transcriptional targets. Activin receptor-like kinase 5 (ALK-5) is a TGF-beta type I receptor expressed in various TGF-beta-responsive cells. In contrast, ALK-1 functions as a TGF-beta type I receptor in endothelial cells, and is responsible for human hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia...
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