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Genetic susceptibility to keloid disease: mutation screening of the TGFbeta3 gene.
British journal of plastic surgery - 1 Oct 2005
Bayat A, Walter J M, Bock O, Mrowietz U, Ollier W E R, Ferguson M W J
Abstract excerpt
Keloid disease (KD) is a fibroproliferative dermal tumour of unknown aetiology. The increased familial clustering in KD, its increased prevalence in certain races and its presence in identical twins suggest a strong genetic predisposition to keloid formation. Transforming growth factor beta isoforms (TGFbeta) play a central role in wound healing and fibrosis and have been implicated in KD pathogenesis. Recent...
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