TGF-β1-induced Smad 3 binding to the Sma
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Kenneth R. Cutroneo; Sem H. Phan
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Bleomycin produces its fibrogenic effect, at least in part, by TGF‐β1 secretion. Treatment of IMR‐90 human embryonic lung fibroblasts with bleomycin at 0.5 μg/ml results in a 1.6‐fold increase of TGF‐β1 as determined by a specific ELISA assay for TGF‐β1 after acidification of the condit