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Latent TGFbeta1 overexpression in keratinocytes results in a severe psoriasis-like skin disorder.
The EMBO journal - 21 Apr 2004
Li Allen G, Wang Donna, Feng Xin-Hua, Wang Xiao-Jing
Abstract excerpt
Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1), a potent keratinocyte growth inhibitor, has been shown to be overexpressed in keratinocytes in certain inflammatory skin diseases and has been thought to counteract the effects of other growth factors at the site of inflammation. Surprisingly, our transgenic mice expressing wild-type TGFbeta1 in the epidermis using a keratin 5 promoter (K5.TGFbeta1(wt)) developed...
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