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TGFbeta1, back to the future: revisiting its role as a transforming growth factor.
Cancer biology & therapy - 1 Mar 2004
Glick Adam B
Abstract excerpt
TGFbeta1 was initially identified in culture media from transformed cells as part of a factor that could produce a transformed phenotype in a nontransformed cell line. Subsequently this activity was separated into TGFbeta and TGFalpha an EGF receptor ligand. With the discovery that TGFbeta1 was a potent growth inhibitor of epithelial cells, and the identification of inactivating mutations within the TGFbeta1...
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