Id1 is a critical mediator in TGF-Ξ²βindu
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Eliza Wiercinska; Lucia Wickert; Bernd Denecke; Harun M. Said; Jafar Hamzavi; A.
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta is critically involved in the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) that occurs during the process of liver damage, for example, by alcohol, hepatotoxic viruses, or aflatoxins. Overexpression of the TGF-beta antagonist Smad7 inhibits transdifferentiation a