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Transforming Growth Factor–β Antagonizes Alveolar Type II Cell Proliferation Induced by Keratinocyte Growth Factor
27 Aug 2004
Abstract excerpt
Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is a mitogen for rat type II cells and also stimulates differentiation in vitro. Administration of KGF also protects the lung from a variety of injuries and subsequent development of fibrosis. Because transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta has been shown to inhibit epithelial cell proliferation and surfactant protein gene expression in other systems and is thought to be a major...
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