Article
TGF beta alters growth and differentiation related gene expression in proliferating osteoblasts in vitro, preventing development of the mature bone phenotype.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Aug 1994
Breen E C, Ignotz R A, McCabe L, Stein J L, Stein G S, Lian J B
Abstract excerpt
This study examines the mechanism by which TGF-beta 1, an important mediator of cell growth and differentiation, blocks the differentiation of normal rat diploid fetal osteoblasts in vitro. We have established that the inability for pre-osteoblasts to differentiate is associated with changes in t...
Topics
- Animals
- Calcium
- Cell Division
- Diploidy
- Extracellular Matrix
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Osteoblasts
- Osteogenesis
- Phenotype
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun
- RNA, Messenger
- Rats
- Transforming Growth Factor beta
