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Aberrant Transforming Growth Factor-β Activation Recruits Mesenchymal Stem Cells During Prostatic Hyperplasia.
Stem cells translational medicine - 1 Feb 2017
Wang Long, Xie Liang, Tintani Francis, Xie Hui, Li Changjun, Cui Zhuang, Wan Mei, Zu Xiongbing, Qi Lin, Cao Xu
Abstract excerpt
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the overgrowth of prostate tissues with high prevalence in older men. BPH pathogenesis is not completely understood, but it is believed to be a result of de novo overgrowth of prostatic stroma. In this study, we show that aberrant activation of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) mobilizes mesenchymal/stromal stem cells (MSCs) in circulating blood, which are recruited for...
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